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DESCRIPTION
CROPPING SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING WEEDS
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates generally to the field of weed management. More
specifically,
the invention relates to methods for pre-emergent and post-emergent herbicide
use for
controlling weed s in combination with transgenic crops tolerant to one or
more herbicides.
2. Description of the Related Art
Weeds cost farmers billions of dollars annually in crop losses and the expense
of
efforts to keep weeds under control. Weeds also serve as hosts for crop
diseases and insect
pests. The losses caused by weeds in agricultural production environments
include decreases
in crop yield, reduced crop quality, increased irrigation costs, increased
harvesting costs,
decreased land value, injury to livestock, and crop damage from insects and
diseases
harbored by the weeds. The damage caused can be significant. For example, it
is estimated
that between 1972 and 1976 corn yields were reduced by about 10% due to weeds
(Chandler,
1981).
Chemical herbicides have provided an effective method of weed control over the
years. Herbicides can generally be applied pre-emergence and/or post-
emergence. Pre-
emergence herbicides are applied in a field before a crop emerges from the
soil. Such
applications are typically applied to the soil before or soon after planting
the crop. Such
applications may kill weeds that are growing in the field prior to the
emergence of the crop,
and may also prevent or reduce germination of weed seeds that are present in
the soil. Post-
emergence herbicides are typically used to kill weeds after a crop has emerged
in the field.
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Such applications may kill weeds in the field and prevent or reduce future
weed seed
production and germination.
One weed control strategy is to apply an herbicide such as dicamba to a field
before
sowing seeds. However, after applying the herbicide to a field, a farmer has
to wait at least
several weeks before sowing the field with crop seeds such that the herbicide
has killed most
of the weeds and has degraded so as not injure the sown crop. For example,
plants are
especially sensitive to dicamba and it has been recommended that dicamba
formulations such
as BanvelTM, ClarityTM, or SterlingTM be applied, for instance, 30 days prior
to planting for
controlling weeds.
Another method that has been successfully used to manage weeds combines
herbicide
treatments with crops that are tolerant to the herbicide. In this manner, a
herbicide that would
normally injure a crop can be applied before and during growth of the crop
without causing
damage. Thus, weeds may be effectively controlled and new weed control options
are made
available to the grower.
In recent years, the availability of transgenic crops having traits providing
tolerance to
a herbicide or herbicides with one mode of action has simplified weed
management for
growers. For example, crops tolerant to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
(Streber and
Willmitzer, 1989), bromoxynil (Stalker et at., 1988), glyphosate (Comai et
at., 1985) and
phosphinothricin (De Block et at., 1987) have been developed. However, this
strategy has
increased the possibility of selection for and spread of weed biotypes
resistant to a particular
herbicide in a particular cropping system. Therefore, there is a need in the
art for inventing
cropping systems that use transgenic crops providing tolerance to one or more
herbicides for
managing weeds i.e., for managing current herbicide resistant weeds, for
managing tough
weeds, for managing volunteer plants, and for minimizing the development of
herbicide
resistant weeds in the future.
It is also known in the art that the risk of developing resistant weeds is
higher with
certain types of herbicides and lower with certain other types. For the
following discussion,
herbicides are classified according to their modes-of-action based on the HRAC
or WSSA
schemes (Table 2). For example, the risk of developing resistant weeds is
thought to be
higher with herbicides belonging to groups such as acetolactate synthase (ALS)
inhibitors
(Group 2 or B) and acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors (Group 1 or A).
The risk of
developing resistant weeds is thought to be lower with herbicides belonging to
groups such as
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PS II inhibitors (Group 5 or Cl), microtubule assembly inhibitors (Group 3 or
K1), and lipid
synthesis inhibitors (Group or N). The risk of developing resistant weeds is
thought to be
still lower with herbicides belonging to groups such as synthetic auxins
(Group 4 or 0),
glycines (Group 9 or G), and inhibitors of glutamine synthetase (Group 10 or
H) (Legere et
at., 2006.). Hence it is desirable to develop cropping systems utilizing crops
tolerant to low-
risk herbicides and their accompanying herbicide treatments for minimizing
populations of
herbicide resistant weeds.
Dicamba is one member of a class of herbicides commonly referred to as "auxin-
like"
herbicides or "synthetic auxins." Dicamba has been used as a pre-emergence
herbicide (e.g.
14-30 days prior to planting) in dicots and as a pre- and/or post-emergence
herbicide in corn,
sorghum, small grains, pasture, hay, rangeland, sugarcane, asparagus, turf,
and grass seed
crops to effectively control annual and perennial broadleaf weeds and several
grassy weeds
(Crop Protection Chemicals Reference, 1995). Unfortunately, dicamba can injure
many
commercial crops including beans, soybeans, cotton, peas, potatoes,
sunflowers, tomatoes,
tobacco, and fruit trees, ornamental plants and trees, and other broadleaf
plants when it comes
into contact with them. Soybean and cotton are particularly sensitive to
dicamba. Thus,
applications of dicamba must generally occur several weeks before planting of
sensitive crops
to ensure that residual dicamba is sufficiently cleared from the crop
environment before crops
emerge.
Recently, sequences encoding a multicomponent dicamba demethylase, including a
monooxygenase (DMO), were isolated from Pseudomonas maltophilia (U.S. Patent
Application Nos: 20030115626; 20030135879; U.S. Patent 7,022,896) which is
involved in
the conversion of an herbicidal form of the herbicide dicamba (3,6-dichloro-o-
anisic acid; a
formulation of which is sold, for instance, under the trade name BanvelTM) to
a non-toxic 3,6-
dichlorosalicylic acid (Wang et at., 1997). The inventors reported the
transformation of the
sequences into tobacco and Arabidopsis. The transformed plant tissue was
selected on
kanamycin and regenerated into a plant. However, herbicide tolerance was not
demonstrated
or suggested in immature tissues or seedlings or in other plants. Pre-
emergence herbicide
applications were also not described.
U.S. Patent 6,376,754 describes plants, such as soybean plants, having
tolerance to at
least two herbicides. Included among these herbicides are glyphosate,
glufosinate, and a
sulfonylurea (i.e. an acetolactate synthase (ALS) inhibitor) herbicide. U.S.
Patent 6,586,367
describes methods to control weeds, and plants with tolerance to glyphosate or
glufosinate,
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which may be treated with glyphosate or glufosinate, and additionally with an
amount of an
herbicide or herbicides selected from the group consisting of atrazine,
dicamba, and other
selected herbicides. However plants and cropping systems comprising a genetic
trait
conferring tolerance to dicamba are not described.
W02005/107437 discloses combining a first herbicide tolerant gene i.e., a 2,4-
D
tolerance gene with a second herbicide tolerant gene i.e., a glyphosate
tolerance gene or other
herbicide tolerant gene. It does not disclose combining a glyphosate tolerant
gene with a
dicamba tolerant gene and a 2,4-D tolerant gene. Furthermore, it does not
disclose cropping
systems of the present invention for managing weeds, herbicide resistant
weeds, tough to
control weeds, herbicide resistant volunteer crop plants, and for minimizing
the potential of
herbicide resistant weeds in the future. It also does not disclose methods for
minimizing
development of herbicide resistant weeds in the future by rotating herbicide
tolerant crops
and use of their corresponding herbicide(s).
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In one aspect, the invention provides a cropping system for managing weed
growth in
a crop-growing environment comprising: a) planting in a crop growing
environment a crop
seed that germinates into a crop plant comprising tolerance to an auxin-like
herbicide; and
b)applying at least a first herbicide treatment to the crop growing
environment to control
weed growth, wherein the herbicide treatment is selected from the group
consisting of the
first, second, third, fourth and fifth treatment set forth in Table 3, and
wherein the treatment
comprises an amount of herbicide effective to control weed growth without
significantly
damaging the crop seed or crop plant. In specific embodiments, the method may
comprise
applying at least two, at least three, at least four and /or each of said
herbicide treatments.
In one embodiment, a used with a system of the invention plant comprises a
transgene
conferring herbicide tolerance to glyphosate or 2,4-D. An example of a
transgene conferring
herbicide tolerance to glyphosate is one encoding a protein selected from the
group consisting
of glyphosate resistant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS),
glyphosate
oxidoreductase (GOX), glyphosate-N-acetyl transferase (GAT) and glyphosate
decarboxylase. In the system, the crop plant may comprise tolerance to an
auxin-like
herbicide comprises a transgene encoding DMO and/or AAD-1. In certain
embodiments, the
GAT protein is GAT4601 (SEQ ID N0:2), and may be encoded by a transgene
comprising
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the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. In a particular embodiment,
expression of a
GAT protein is accomplished by use of the SCP1 promoter.
In particular embodiments, a system of the invention is defined as comprising
the step
of applying a third herbicide treatment at the late post-emergence stage
comprising a
herbicidally effective amount of a herbicide selected from the group
consisting of an auxin-
like herbicide, a graminicide, a post-emergent selective herbicide, and a
combination thereof.
In a further embodiment, a system of the invention comprises the step of
applying a fourth
herbicide treatment at the pre-harvest stage comprising a herbicidally
effective amount of a
herbicide selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, an auxin-like
herbicide, a post-
emergent selective herbicide, paraquat, and a combination thereof In yet
another
embodiment, the system comprises the step of harvesting the seeds from the
crop plant after
fourth treatment. The system may also comprise the step of applying a fifth
herbicide
treatment at the post-harvest stage comprising a herbicidally effective amount
of a herbicide
selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, an auxin-like herbicide,
paraquat, a pre-
emergent selective residual herbicide, and a combination thereof.
An auxin-like herbicide may be selected from the group consisting of dicamba,
2,4-D,
and a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the crop plant is a dicot plant,
examples of
which include cotton and soybeans. The system may in particular comprise
applying an
amount of herbicide set forth in Table 4 and/or 5 for the respective
herbicide(s). The system
may also further comprise the step of applying a third herbicide treatment at
the late post-
emergence stage comprising a herbicidally effective amount of a herbicide
selected from the
group consisting of glyphosate, an auxin-like herbicide, a graminicide, a post-
emergent
selective herbicide, and a combination thereof The system may still further
comprise the step
of applying a fourth herbicide treatment at the pre-harvest stage comprising a
herbicidally
effective amount of a herbicide selected from the group consisting of
glyphosate, an auxin-
like herbicide, a post-emergent selective herbicide, paraquat, and a
combination thereof A
system of the invention may also comprise the step of harvesting the seeds
from the crop
plant after fourth treatment.
In one embodiment of the invention, the herbicide is selected from the group
consisting of dicamba, 2,4-D, and a combination thereof In a cropping system
of the
invention, the herbicide treatment may control the growth of a herbicide
resistant weed
selected from the group consisting of: Alopecurus myosuroides, Avena fatua,
Avena sterilis,
Avena sterilis ludoviciana, Brachiaria plantaginea, Bromus diandrus, Bromus
rigidus,
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Cynosurus echinatus, Digitaria ciliaris, Digitaria ischaemum, Digitaria
sanguinalis,
Echinochloa colona, Echinochloa crus-galli, Echinochloa oryzicola, Echinochloa
phyllopogon, Eleusine indica, Eriochloa punctata, Hordeum glaucum, Hordeum
leporinum,
Ischaemum rugosum, Leptochloa chinensis, Lolium multiflorum, Lolium perenne,
Lolium
persicum, Lolium rigidum, Phalaris minor, Phalaris paradoxa, Rottboellia
exalta, Setaria
faberi, Setaria viridis, Setaria viridis var. rob usta-alba schreiber, Setaria
viridis var.
robusta-purpurea, Snowdenia polystachea, Sorghum halepense, Sorghum sudanese,
Alisma
plantago-aquatica, Amaranthus blitoides, Amaranthus hybridus, Amaranthus
lividus,
Amaranthus palmeri, Amaranthus powellii, Amaranthus quitensis, Amaranthus
retroflexus,
Amaranthus rudis, Amaranthus tuberculatus, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Ambrosia
trifida,
Ammania auriculata, Ammania coccinea, Anthemis cotula, Apera spica-venti,
Bacopa
rotundifolia, Bidens pilosa, Bidens subalternans, Brassica tournefortii,
Bromus tectorum,
Camelina microcarpa, Chenopodium album, Chrysanthemum coronarium, Conyza
bonariensis, Conyza canadensis, Cuscuta campestris, Cyperus difformis,
Damasonium
minus, Descurainia sophia, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Echium plantagineum, Elatine
triandra var.
pedicellata, Euphorbia heterophylla, Fallopia convolvulus, Fimbristylis
miliacea, Galeopsis
tetra hit, Galium spurium, Helianthus annuus, Iva xanthifolia, Ixophorus
unisetus, Kochia
scoparia, Lactuca serriola, Limnocharis flava, Limnophila erecta, Limnophila
sessiliflora,
Lindernia dubia, Lindernia dubia var. major, Lindernia micrantha, Lindernia
procumbens,
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum , Monochoria korsakowii, Monochoria vaginalis,
Neslia
paniculata, Papaver rhoeas, Parthenium hysterophorus, Pentzia suffruticosa,
Phalaris
minor, Raphanus raphanistrum, Raphanus sativus, Rapistrum rugosum, Rotala
indica var.
uliginosa, Sagittaria guyanensis, Sagittaria montevidensis, Sagittaria
pygmaea, Salsola
iberica, Scirpus juncoides var. ohwianus, Scirpus mucronatus, Setaria
lutescens, Sida
spinosa, Sinapis arvensis, Sisymbrium orientale, Sisymbrium thellungii,
Solanum
ptycanthum, Sonchus asper, Sonchus oleraceus, Sorghum bicolor, Stellaria
media, Thlaspi
arvense, Xanthium strumarium, Arctotheca calendula, Conyza sumatrensis,
Crassocephalum
crepidiodes, Cuphea carthagenenis, Epilobium adenocaulon, Erigeron
philadelphicus,
Landoltia punctata, Lepidium virginicum, Monochoria korsakowii, Poa annua,
Solanum
americanum, Solanum nigrum, Vulpia bromoides, Youngia japonica, Hydrilla
verticillata,
Plantago lanceolata, Carduus nutans, Carduus pycnocephalus, Centaurea
solstitialis,
Cirsium arvense, Commelina diffusa, Convolvulus arvensis, Daucus carota,
Digitaria
ischaemum, Echinochloa crus-pavonis, Fimbristylis miliacea, Galeopsis
tetrahit, Galium
spurium, Limnophila erecta, Matricaria perforate, Papaver rhoeas, Ranunculus
acris, Soliva
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sessilis, Sphenoclea zeylanica, Stellaria media, Nassella trichotoma, Stipa
neesiana, Agrostis
stolonifera, Polygonum aviculare, Alopecurus japonicus, Beckmannia syzigachne,
Bromus
tectorum, Chloris inflate, Echinochloa erecta, Portulaca oleracea, and Senecio
vulgaris. The
cropping system may further comprise the step of identifying a tough weed in
the crop
growing region and applying a herbicide treatment effective to control the
tough weed,
wherein tough weed is selected from the group consisting of Abutilon the
ophrasti,
Amaranthus sp., Amaranthus palmeri, Ambrosia artimisiifolia, Ambrosia trifida,
Chenopodium album, Convolvulus arvensis, Conyza canadensis, Commelina sp.,
Commelina
benghalensis, Ipomoea sp., Kochia sp., Polygonum convolvulus, Lolium rigidum,
Sida
spinosa, and Solanum ptycanthum. In one embodiment, the crop seed is a seed of
a soybean
or cotton plant.
In another aspect, the invention provides a cropping system as described
herein that
further comprises: a) identifying within the crop growing region a herbicide-
resistant weed
tolerant to at least the first herbicide treatment; and b) applying an amount
of an auxin-like
herbicide and/or glyphosate effective to control the herbicide resistant weed.
In yet another aspect, the invention provides a cropping system for minimizing
the
development of a herbicide resistant weed in a crop-growing environment
comprising: a)
planting in a field a crop plant having tolerance to glyphosate and auxin-like
herbicides; b)
applying at least a first herbicide treatment comprising glyphosate and/or an
auxin-like
herbicide to the crop growing environment to control weeds; d) identifying a
location in the
field infested with weeds resistant to glyphosate or an auxin-like herbicide;
and e) applying
an amount of glyphosate and/or the auxin-like herbicide effective to control
the weeds
resistant to glyphosate or an auxin-like herbicide. The plant may comprise a
transgene
conferring herbicide tolerance to glyphosate. The transgene conferring
herbicide tolerance to
glyphosate may encode a protein selected from the group consisting of
glyphosate resistant 5-
enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), glyphosate oxidoreductase
(GOX),
glyphosate-N-acetyl transferase (GAT) and glyphosate decarboxylase. The crop
plant may
comprise a transgene encoding DMO. In a particular embodiment, the GAT protein
is
GAT4601 (SEQ ID N0:2), or is encoded by a transgene comprising SEQ ID NO:l.
In yet another aspect, the invention provides a method for minimizing the
development of a herbicide resistant weed comprising: rotating a first
cropping system in a
first growing season with a second cropping system in a subsequent growing
season, wherein
the first and second cropping systems comprise a cropping system according to
claim 1. In
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the method the crop plant in the first cropping system may possess at least
one different
herbicide tolerance relative to the crop plant in the second cropping system.
In one
embodiment, the crop plant in the first cropping system and the crop plant in
the second
cropping system comprise herbicide tolerances as set forth in Table 7. In
another
embodiment, the crop plant in the first and second cropping systems are
tolerant to at least
one herbicide selected from the group consisting of glyphosate, glufosinate,
dicamba, 2,4-D
and a combination thereof. In specific embodiments, the crop plant in selected
from the
group consisting of corn, cotton and soybean. The crop plant in the first
cropping system and
crop plant in the second cropping system may be of the same or different
species.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following is a detailed description of the invention provided to aid those
skilled in
the art in practicing the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the
art may make
modifications and variations in the embodiments described herein without
departing from the
spirit or scope of the present invention.
The invention relates, in one aspect, to a method for growing crop plants that
comprises employing one or more herbicides to control the growth of one or
more weed
species. The invention provides superior weed control options, including
reduction and/or
prevention of herbicide tolerance in weeds (Table 1).
In one embodiment, an effective amount of a first herbicidal treatment (e.g.
to control
weeds) is applied to the crop growing environment prior to planting or at
planting or prior to
germination or a combination thereof of the crop. Exemplary herbicides
classified according
to modes of action are given in Table 2. One or more herbicides for the first
treatment of the
second crop may be selected, depending upon the tolerance exhibited by the
crop and
depending upon the presence of a particular weed species in the field, from
herbicides
belonging to the groups approved by Weed Science Society of America (WSSA).
In certain embodiments, one or more herbicides for the first treatment of the
crop are
selected from the following herbicides:
a) inhibitors of EPSP synthesis (Group 9) including glyphosate. Exemplary
application rates for glyphosate herbicides, their trade names, and suppliers
are shown in
Table 4 for soybean and Table 5 for cotton.
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b) inhibitors of glutamine synthetase (GS) (Group 10) including glufosinate.
For
soybean the application rate for glufosinate (LibertyTM, Bayer CropScience)
may be 28-34
oz/A or a maximum of 0.809 lbs ai/A per season. For cotton, the application
rate for
glufosinate (Liberty, Bayer CropScience) is, for example, 28-34 oz/A.
c) synthetic auxins or auxin-like herbicides (Group 4) including dicamba and
2,4-D.
Application rates for these herbicides, their trade names, and suppliers are
shown in Table 4
for soybean and Table 5 for cotton.
Pre-emergent crop selective residual herbicides may be selected from:
d) Acetanilides (AA; Group 15) are a family of selective herbicides that are
currently
thought to control weeds by inhibiting very long chain fatty acid synthesis.
Examples of
selective AA for soybean and cotton, application rates, trade names, and
suppliers are shown
in Tables 4 and 5, respectively. Formulations comprising acetochlor (e.g.
Harness ,
Monsanto; Surpass , Surpass EC, Dow) may also be utilized.
e) Acetolactate synthase inhibitors (ALS; Group 2) are a family of selective
herbicides that control weeds by inhibiting the formation of branched-chain
amino acid
synthesis. Examples of ALS for soybean and cotton, application rates, trade
names, and
suppliers are shown in Table 4 and 5, respectively.
f) Dinitroanilines (DiNA; Group 3) are a family of selective herbicides that
control
weeds by binding to tubulin, thereby leading to loss of microtubules in a
cell. Examples of
selective DiNA herbicides for soybean and cotton, application rates, trade
names, and
suppliers are shown in Table 4 and 5, respectively.
g) Protoporphyrinogen-oxidase (PPG-oxidase; Group 14) inhibitors (PPO) are a
family of selective herbicides that control weeds by inhibiting PPG-oxidase in
chloroplasts
and mitochondria, thereby blocking chlorophyll and heme synthesis and leading
to excessive
formation of the singlet oxygen-generating protophorphyrin IX, eventually
leading to
disruptions in cell membranes. Examples of PPO herbicides for soybean and
cotton are
shown in Table 4 and 5, respectively, including application rates, trade
names, and suppliers.
Non-limiting examples of herbicides that may be used in combination with
dicamba
on cotton include: glyphosate, pendimethalin (e.g. PROWL, PENDIMAX), Diuron,
2,4-D,
carfentrazone-ethyl, fluometuron, MSMA (monosodium methanearsonic acid and
salts),
prometryn, pyrithiobac-sodium, metolachlor, acetochlor, trifloxysulfuron,
fomesafen,
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flumioxazin, and sethoxydim (e.g. POAST). Herbicides may be applied to crop
plants pre-
emergence or post-emergence ("over the top") as appropriate. Thus, preferable
pre-
emergence herbicides that may be used with dicamba on DMO cotton (i.e. cotton
comprising
a dicamba monooxygenase transgene specifying tolerance to dicamba) may include
glyphosate, pendimethalin, diuron, carfentrazone ethyl, fluometuron,
prometryn, flumioxazin,
and fomesafen, among others. Prefereable post-emergence herbicides for use
with dicamba
on DMO cotton may include glyphosate, trifloxysulfuron, metolachlor,
acetochlor,
fomesafen, pyrithiobac-sodium, and sethoxydim, among others.
Non-limiting examples of herbicides for use with dicamba on corn are shown in
Table
6.
Non-limiting examples of herbicides that may be used in combination with
dicamba
on soybean include: glyphosate, 2,4-D, chlorimuron-ethyl, clethodim, fluazifop
P-butyl,
flumioxazin (e.g. VALOR), fomesafen (e.g. FLEXSTAR, REFLEX), imazethapyr (e.g.
LIGHTNING), metribuzin (e.g. SENCOR), and pendimethalin. Premixes and tank
mixes
with dicamba may be employed, as well as separate applications of dicamba and
another
active ingredient. Non-limiting exemplary premix herbicides include
combinations of
dicamba and atrazine (e.g. MARKSMAN), dicamba and diflufenzopyr (e.g.
DISTINCT), and
dicamba and primisulfuron (e.g. NORTHSTAR).
In certain embodiments, one or more herbicides for the first treatment of the
crop may
be selected from at least one low-risk herbicide such as EPSP synthesis
inhibitors, GS
inhibitors, and auxin-like herbicides. In particular embodiments the herbicide
may be
glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, or 2,4-D depending upon the tolerance
exhibited by the
crop and presence of a weed species in the crop. Additionally, a pre-emergent
herbicide and
paraquat may be used. If more than one herbicide is used then they may be
applied
sequentially or as a mixture.
Once the seeds from the crop have germinated, a second treatment of a
herbicidally
effective amount may be applied to the crop growing environment of the crop at
early post-
emergence stage. One or more herbicides for the second herbicide treatment may
be selected
from herbicides belonging to the groups approved by Weed Science Society of
America
(WSSA) (e.g. Table 2) depending upon the type of tolerance exhibited by the
crop and type
of weed species present in the crop. Preferably, one or more herbicides for
the second
treatment of the crop may be selected from at least one low-risk herbicide
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synthesis inhibitors, GS inhibitors, and auxin-like herbicides, and a
graminicide, or a crop
selective post-emergent herbicide. Examples of these herbicides, application
rates, trade
names, and suppliers are shown in Table 4 for soybean and Table 5 for cotton.
In certain
embodiments, one or more herbicides for the second herbicide treatment may be
selected
from glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, and 2,4-D, and a graminicide, or a crop
selective post-
emergence herbicides. In particular embodiments, one or more herbicides may be
selected
from glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, or 2,4-D depending upon the tolerance
exhibited by
the crop and the presence of a weed species in the crop. If more than one
herbicide is used
then they may be applied sequentially or as a mixture.
The second herbicidal treatment may be followed by an herbicidally effective
amount
of a third herbicide treatment at late post-emergence stage. The third
treatment is similar to
the second treatment.
After the third treatment, a herbicidally effective amount of a fourth
treatment may be
applied at pre-harvest stage. One or more herbicides for the fourth herbicide
treatment may
be selected from herbicides belonging to the groups approved by Weed Science
Society of
America (WSSA) as cited above depending upon the type of tolerance exhibited
by the crop
and type of weed species present in the crop. In certain embodiments, one or
more herbicides
for the fourth treatment may be selected from at least one low-risk herbicide
such as EPSP
synthesis inhibitors, GS inhibitors, auxin-like herbicides, and a crop
selective post-emergence
herbicide. Examples of these herbicides, application rates, trade names, and
suppliers are
shown in Table 4 for soybean and Table 5 for cotton. In particular
embodiments, one or
more herbicides are selected from glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, or 2,4-D
depending upon
the tolerance exhibited by the crop and the presence of a weed species present
in the crop.
After the fourth treatment, a herbicidally effective amount of a fifth
treatment may be
applied at a post-harvest stage. This treatment may be applied in fall or
spring, applied
between a fallow period, or applied between a crop planting in double crop
planting
situations. One or more herbicides for the fifth treatment may be selected
from herbicides
belonging to the groups approved by Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) as
cited
above depending upon the type of tolerance exhibited by the crop and type of
weed species
present in the crop. In certain embodiments, one or more herbicides for the
fifth treatment is
selected from at least one low-risk herbicide such as EPSP synthesis
inhibitors, GS inhibitors,
auxin-like herbicides, or paraquat, or a crop selective pre-emergence
herbicide. Examples of
these herbicides, application rates, trade names, and suppliers are shown in
Table 4 for
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soybean and Table 5 for cotton. In particular embodiments, one or more
herbicides are
selected from glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, or 2,4-D depending upon the
tolerance
exhibited by the crop and the presence of a weed species in the crop.
A graminicide is not typically used with corn unless the corn has tolerance to
it, for
instance a "fops" herbicides used for controlling grasses. Such tolerance can
be provided by
a gene encoding AAD-1. Non-limiting examples of fops herbicides include
fluazifop-p-
butyl, sold under the trade name of FUSILADE (Syngenta), e.g. FUSILADE 2000,
FUSILADE DX, FUSILADE FIVE, FUSILADE SUPER, FUSION, HORIZON,
ORNAMEC, PP005, TORNADO, and FUSIFLEX.
In some embodiments of the present invention, a combination of two treatments
is
selected from the first to fifth treatments. For example, only the first and
second treatment,
or the first or third treatment, or the second and third treatments, or the
fifth and second or
third treatments are applied to manage weeds.
In one embodiment of the present invention, one or more treatments of one or
more
different mode of action herbicides are applied to the crop tolerant to one or
more herbicides
for managing weeds.
In another embodiment of the cropping system of the present invention, no
first or
fifth treatment is applied. Instead these were replaced by mechanical methods
such as tilling.
The tilling is done by methods well known in the art. Preferably, tilling is
done in fall or
spring.
In yet another embodiment of the cropping system of the present invention,
both first
and fifth herbicidal treatments and tilling can be combined to obtain better
weed
management.
In yet another embodiment, the cropping system of the present invention is
practiced
for managing herbicide resistant weeds in a crop-growing environment of a crop
involving a
further step of identifying a herbicide resistant weed. In specific
embodiments the weed is
selected from the group consisting of: Alopecurus myosuroides, Avena fatua,
Avena sterilis,
Avena sterilis ludoviciana, Brachiaria plantaginea, Bromus diandrus, Bromus
rigidus,
Cynosurus echinatus, Digitaria ciliaris, Digitaria ischaemum, Digitaria
sanguinalis,
Echinochloa colona, Echinochloa crus-galli, Echinochloa oryzicola, Echinochloa
phyllopogon, Eleusine indica, Eriochloa punctata, Hordeum glaucum, Hordeum
leporinum,
Ischaemum rugosum, Leptochloa chinensis, Lolium multiflorum, Lolium perenne,
Lolium
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persicum, Lolium rigidum, Phalaris minor, Phalaris paradoxa, Rottboellia
exalta, Setaria
faberi, Setaria viridis, Setaria viridis var. robusta-alba Schreiber, Setaria
viridis var.
robusta-purpurea, Snowdenia polystachea, Sorghum halepense, Sorghum sudanese,
Alisma
plantago-aquatica, Amaranthus blitoides, Amaranthus hybridus, Amaranthus
lividus,
Amaranthus palmeri, Amaranthus powellii, Amaranthus quitensis, Amaranthus
retroflexus,
Amaranthus rudis, Amaranthus tuberculatus, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Ambrosia
trifida,
Ammania auriculata, Ammania coccinea, Anthemis cotula, Apera spica-venti,
Bacopa
rotundifolia, Bidens pilosa, Bidens subalternans, Brassica tournefortii,
Bromus tectorum,
Camelina microcarpa, Chenopodium album, Chrysanthemum coronarium, Conyza
bonariensis, Conyza canadensis, Cuscuta campestris, Cyperus difformis,
Damasonium
minus, Descurainia sophia, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Echium plantagineum, Elatine
triandra var.
pedicellata, Euphorbia heterophylla, Fallopia convolvulus, Fimbristylis
miliacea, Galeopsis
tetra hit, Galium spurium, Helianthus annuus, Iva xanthifolia, Ixophorus
unisetus, Kochia
scoparia, Lactuca serriola, Limnocharis flava, Limnophila erecta, Limnophila
sessiliflora,
Lindernia dubia, Lindernia dubia var. major, Lindernia micrantha, Lindernia
procumbens,
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, Monochoria korsakowii, Monochoria vaginalis,
Neslia
paniculata, Papaver rhoeas, Parthenium hysterophorus, Pentzia suffruticosa,
Phalaris
minor, Raphanus raphanistrum, Raphanus sativus, Rapistrum rugosum, Rotala
indica var.
uliginosa, Sagittaria guyanensis, Sagittaria montevidensis, Sagittaria
pygmaea, Salsola
iberica, Scirpus juncoides var. ohwianus, Scirpus mucronatus, Setaria
lutescens, Sida
spinosa, Sinapis arvensis, Sisymbrium orientale, Sisymbrium thellungii,
Solanum
ptycanthum, Sonchus asper, Sonchus oleraceus, Sorghum bicolor, Stellaria
media, Thlaspi
arvense, Xanthium strumarium, Arctotheca calendula, Conyza sumatrensis,
Crassocephalum
crepidiodes, Cuphea carthagenenis, Epilobium adenocaulon, Erigeron
philadelphicus,
Landoltia punctata, Lepidium virginicum, Monochoria korsakowii, Poa annua,
Solanum
americanum, Solanum nigrum, Vulpia bromoides, Youngia japonica, Hydrilla
verticillata,
Plantago lanceolata, Carduus nutans, Carduus pycnocephalus, Centaurea
solstitialis,
Cirsium arvense, Commelina diffusa, Convolvulus arvensis, Daucus carota,
Digitaria
ischaemum, Echinochloa crus-pavonis, Fimbristylis miliacea, Galeopsis
tetrahit, Galium
spurium, Limnophila erecta, Matricaria perforate, Papaver rhoeas, Ranunculus
acris, Soliva
sessilis, Sphenoclea zeylanica, Stellaria media, Nassella trichotoma, Stipa
neesiana, Agrostis
stolonifera, Polygonum aviculare, Alopecurus japonicus, Beckmannia syzigachne,
Bromus
tectorum, Chloris inflate, Echinochloa erecta, Portulaca oleracea, and Senecio
vulgaris.
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In another embodiment, the cropping system of the present invention is
practiced for
managing an herbicide-resistant volunteer plant further involving a step of
identifying an
herbicide-resistant volunteer to glyphosate or an auxin-like herbicide. The
herbicide resistant
volunteer may belong to one or more of the following plant species: corn,
rice, cotton,
sorghum, wheat, barley, turfgrass, oats, alfalfa, sugar beets, potatoes,
beans, peas, millet, flax,
peanuts, rapeseed, and soybeans.
In yet another embodiment, the cropping system of the present invention is
practiced
for managing tough weeds in a crop-growing environment of a crop. The
embodiment may
further involve the step of identifying a tough weed including, among others,
the following:
Abufilon theophrasti, Amaranthus sp., Amaranthus palmeri, Ambrosia
artimisiifolia,
Ambrosia trifida, Chenopodium album, Convolvulus arvensis, Conyza canadensis,
Commelina sp., Commelina benghalensis, Ipomoea sp., Kochia sp., Polygonum
convolvulus,
Lolium rigidum, Sida spinosa, and Solanum ptycanthum, and applying an
herbicidally
effective amount of an herbicide that is active against the tough weed.,
wherein the crop is
tolerant to the herbicide that is active against the tough weed.
In another embodiment, the cropping system of the present invention is
practiced for
minimizing the development of herbicide resistant weeds in a crop-growing
environment of a
crop. In one embodiment, this may involve spot application of an herbicide to
which the
herbicide resistant weed is susceptible. The method can be modified to select
a population of
at least one weed resistant to a first herbicide by applying the first
herbicide over several
growing seasons and then applying a second herbicide to kill the weeds
resistant to the first
herbicide in a subsequent growing season.
In still yet another embodiment of the present invention, a method for
minimizing the
development of an herbicide resistant weed is designed by rotating a first
cropping system
comprising a crop tolerant to one or more low-risk herbicides and accompanying
herbicidal
treatments with a second cropping system comprising a crop tolerant to one or
more low-risk
herbicides and accompanying herbicidal treatments. For example, if the crop in
the first
cropping system is tolerant to glyphosate then the crop in the second cropping
system can be
tolerant to an auxin-like herbicide, such as dicamba, or tolerant to
glyphosate and an auxin
like herbicide. In an embodiment of this method, a first soybean crop tolerant
to one or more
low-risk herbicides is rotated with a second one or more low-risk herbicides
tolerant crop
selected from the group consisting of corn, rice, cotton, sorghum, wheat,
barley, oats, alfalfa,
sugar beets, potatoes, beans, peas, millet, rapeseed, and flax. In one
embodiment, the method
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involves rotating soybean having tolerance to one or more herbicides with corn
having
tolerance to one or more herbicides.
In another embodiment of this method, a first cotton crop tolerant to one or
more low-
risk herbicides is rotated with a second one or more low-risk herbicides
tolerant crop selected
from the group consisting of corn, peanuts, soybeans, grain, and sorghum. In
yet another
embodiment, the method involves rotating a crop system comprising cotton
having tolerance
to one or more low risk herbicides with a crop system comprising cotton having
tolerance to
one or more herbicides. For example, if the first cotton crop is tolerant to
glyphosate then the
crop in the second cropping system may be tolerant to an auxin-like herbicide
or tolerant to
glyphosate and an auxin like herbicide. In the latter situation, the herbicide
rotation may be
practiced such that the weed control is maintained and so that the glyphosate
resistant weed
does not flourish in the "off' season i.e., without glyphosate during the
rotation, and thereby
become a worse problem. Using two herbicides simultaneously may be preferable,
as the two
herbicides may work at the same time without interfering or antagonizing each
other.
In one embodiment, the crop in the cropping system of the present invention
may be
tolerant to at least one low-risk herbicide belonging to the WSSA mode of
action groups 4, 9,
or 15. In another embodiment, the crop is tolerant to an EPSP synthesis
inhibitor, a GS
inhibitor, and/or an auxin-like herbicide. In yet another embodiment, the crop
is tolerant to
glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, 2,4-D, or a combination thereof.
In one embodiment, the cropping systems disclosed herein employ transgenic
crops
having one or more transgenic traits providing tolerance to one or more
different mode of
action herbicides such as glyphosate, glufosinate, dicamba, or 2,4-D for
managing weeds,
including herbicide resistant weeds, tough weeds, herbicide resistant
volunteer plants. These
systems may also minimize the potential development of herbicide resistant
weeds in the
future. Further, the cropping systems of the present invention, in one
embodiment, allow use
of transgenic crops tolerant to one or more herbicides that are considered low
risk herbicides
thus further minimizing the potential of developing weeds resistant to those
herbicides. In
particular embodiments, the cropping systems utilize transgenic plants
displaying tolerance to
dicamba, glyphosate, and/or glufosinate.
Pre-emergent applications of auxin-like herbicides such as dicamba have
previously
required herbicide applications well in advance of planting and germination of
plants
susceptible to auxin-like herbicides to allow breakdown of the herbicide in
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and avoid significant crop damage or death.
Most crop plants, and particularly
dicotyledonous plants such as soybeans and cotton are extremely sensitive to
dicamba. Thus,
the recommended post-application delays in planting by manufacturers must be
closely
followed. Use of crop plants displaying tolerance to one or more auxin-like
herbicides such
as 2,4-D or related compounds, and dicamba allows for application of such
herbicides at or
near the time of planting,
It has been found, for example, that soybean plants transformed with dicamba
monooxygenase (DM0)-encoding polynucleotide constructs were tolerant to even
early pre-
emergence application of dicamba, with less than 10% injury rates at even 9x
the labeled
application rate (5,040 g/ha, 4.5 lb/acre). It was found that, even using an
18x application
rate of 10,080 g/ha (9 lb/acre), injury to transgenic dicamba tolerant plants
was less than 20%
(U.S. s/n 60/811,276, incoroporated herein by reference). At an approximately
2x rate of
application of 1122 g/ha, less than 2% injury was observed. It was therefore
indicated the
improved weed control associated with pre- and post-emergence applications of
herbicides
may be used without any significant decreases in productivity due to herbicide
damage. Pre-
emergent applications of dicamba to soybean, for instance, according to the
invention may
therefore be combined with one or more herbicide applications post-emergence
to dicamba-
tolerant plants, while maintaining crop yield and obtaining improved weed
control. For
example, one such herbicide application regime involves a late pre-emergence
application of
dicamba to soybean plants in conjunction with a post-emergence application of
dicamba at
the V2 stage of development. In certain embodiments, the post-emergence
application may
be carried out at any point from emergence to harvest. A particular embodiment
comprises
post-emergence application at any V stage until the soybean canopy closes, for
example, at
about the V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6 and/or later stages.
In one aspect, the invention provides a method for controlling weed growth in
a field
comprising: a) applying an herbicidally effective amount of an auxin-like
herbicide to a crop-
growing environment; and planting a transgenic seed of a crop plant expressing
a nucleic acid
encoding dicamba monooxygenase in soil of the crop-growing environment,
wherein the seed
germinates within 30 days or less days of applying the herbicide In certain
embodiments, the
seed germinates within four weeks, three weeks, two weeks, or less than one
week after
treating the growing environment with the auxin-like herbicide. The treated
growing
environment may be, for example, a field in which a crop is planted. A
population of seeds
of a plant tolerant to the auxin-like herbicide may be planted in the field.
Treating the
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environment can be carried out according to known techniques in the art using,
for example,
commercially available formulations of auxin-like herbicides such as dicamba.
The
environment includes an area for which control of weeds is desired and in
which the seed of a
plant tolerant to the auxin-like herbicide can be planted. A weed can be
directly contacted
with herbicide in the environment and soil in the environment can be contacted
with the
herbicide, preventing or reducing weed growth in the soil. The step of
treating the
environment with a herbicide may be carried out before, after, or concurrently
with the step
of planting the soil with the transgenic seed. The transgenic seed may be
planted into soil in
the environment, for example, within 30 days before or after treatment,
including from
between about three weeks, two weeks, one week and 0 weeks before or after
treatment,
further including from between about 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 days before or after
treatment,
including concurrently with treatment. In the method, the seed may germinate,
for example,
from between about 30 days and 0 days after treating the environment,
including between
about 21, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and about 0 days after
treating the environment.
The method may further comprise applying one or more additional treatments of
an auxin-
like herbicide after the seed germinates and/or the plant is growing.
In a method of the invention, the auxin-like herbicide may be selected from
the group
consisting of a phenoxy carboxylic acid compound, benzoic acid compound,
pyridine
carboxylic acid compound, quinoline carboxylic acid compound, and
benazolinethyl
compound.
Examples of a phenoxy carboxylic acid compound include 2,4-
dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) butyric acid (2,4-
DB) and (4-
chloro-2-methylphenoxy) acetic acid (MCPA). In certain embodiments, a
herbicidally
effective amount of 2,4-D, 2,4-DB, and/or MCPA used is between about 2 g/ha
(grams/hectare) to about 5000 g/ha, including about 50 g/ha to about 2500
g/ha, about 60
g/ha to about 2000 g/ha, about 100 g/ha to about 2000 g/ha, about 75 g/ha to
about 1000 g/ha,
about 100 g/ha to about 500 g/ha, and from about 100 g/ha to about 280 g/ha.
In certain
embodiments dicamba is used as the herbicide. In certain embodiments, an
herbicidally
effective amount of dicamba used may be from about 2.5 g/ha to about 10,080
g/ha, including
about 2.5 g/ha to about 5,040 g/ha, about 5 g/ha to about 2,020 g/ha, about 10
g/a to about
820 g/h and about 50 g/ha to about 1,000 g/ha, about 100 g/ha to about 800
g/ha and about
250 g/ha to about 800 g/ha.
In accordance with the invention, methods and compositions for the control of
weeds
are provided comprising the use of plants exhibiting tolerance to glyphosate
and auxin-like
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herbicides such as dicamba. The combination of dicamba and glyphosate allows
use of
decreased herbicide quantities to achieve the same level of control of
glyphosate-tolerant
weeds. This provides a significant advance for the control of herbicide
tolerance in
commercial production fields. In one embodiment, a tank mix of glyphosate and
dicamba is
applied pre- and/or post-emergence to plants. Glyphosate and dicamba may
additionally be
applied separately. In order to achieve the same level of weed control using a
reduced
amount of herbicide relative to individual applications of either or both
herbicides, the
glyphosate and dicamba are preferably applied within a sufficient interval
that both
herbicides remain active and able to control weed growth.
The combined use of lower amounts of herbicide to achieve the same degree of
weed
control as an application of only one of the herbicides is therefore
contemplated. For
example, the invention provides methods of weed control comprising applying in
a field
planted with transgenic plants having tolerance to dicamba and glyphosate a
herbicide
composition comprising less than a lx rate of glyphosate and/or dicamba,
relative to the
standard manufacturer labeled rate. Examples of respective glyphosate and
dicamba
application rates include from about a 0.5x-0.95x of either herbicide,
specifically including
about 0.5x, 0.6x, 0.7x, 0.8x. 0.85x, 0.9x, and 0.95x of either herbicide and
all derivable
combinations thereof, as well as higher rates such as 0.97x and 0.99x.
Alternatively, in the
case of more difficult to control weeds or where a greater degree of weed
control is desired,
lx and higher application rates may be made in view of the finding herein that
even high
application rates of dicamba did not significantly damage plants. The lx
application rates are
set by the manufacturer of a commercially available herbicide formulation and
are known to
those of skill in the art. For example, the label for Fallow MasterTM, a
glyphosate and
dicamba mixture having a ratio of glyphosate: dicamba of about 2:1 recommends
application
rates of about 451 g/ha (311 ae g/ha glyphosate:140 ae g/ha dicamba) to 621 ae
g/ha (428 ae
g/ha glyphosate: 193 ae g/ha dicamba) depending upon the weed species and weed
height.
Combining glyphosate and dicamba allows decreased herbicide use to achieve the
same level
of weed control as shown below. The spectrum of weeds that may be controlled
at any given
herbicide application rate may therefore be increased when the herbicides are
combined.
Transgenic plants having herbicide tolerance may be made as described in the
art.
Dicamba tolerance may be conferred, for example, by a gene for dicamba
monooxygenase
(DMO) from Pseudomonas maltophilia (e.g. U.S. Patent Application No:
20030135879).
Examples of sequences that may be used in this regard are also found in U.S.
Patent
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Application 60/811,276. Additional auxin-
like herbicide-degrading activities are also known, including a dehalogenase
activity (Wang,
1996).
Unmodified and modified protein molecules and their corresponding nucleic acid
molecules providing herbicide tolerances to one or more of these herbicides
are well known
in the art. They are exemplified below:
a) sequences encoding tolerance to glyphosate include 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-
phosphate synthases (EPSPS; U.S. Patent 5,627,061, U.S. Patent U39,247, U.S.
Patent
6,040,497, U.S. Patent 5,094,945, W004074443, and W004009761), glyphosate
oxidoreductase (GOX; U.S. Patent 5,463,175), glyphosate decarboxylase
(W005003362 and
U.S. Patent Application 20040177399), and glyphosate-N-acetyl transferase
(GAT; e.g. U.S.
Patent publications 20030083480 and 20070079393) conferring tolerance to
glyphosate;
b) dicamba monooxygenase (DMO, encoded by ddmC) conferring tolerance to auxin-
like herbicides such as dicamba (U.S. Patent Applications 20030115626,
20030135879;
Wang et al., 1996; Herman et al., 2005);
c) phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (bar) conferring tolerance to
phosphinothricin or
glufosinate (U.S. 5,646,024, U.S. 5,561,236, EP 275,957; U.S. 5,276,268; U.S.
5,637, 489;
U.S. 5,273, 894);
d) 2,2- dichloropropionic acid dehalogenase conferring tolerance to 2,2-
dichloropropionic acid (Dalapon) (W09927116);
e) acetohydroxyacid synthase or aceto lactate synthase conferring tolerance
to
acetolactate synthase inhibitors such as sulfonylurea, imidazolinone,
triazolopyrimidine,
pyrimidyloxybenzoates and phthalide (U.S. 6,225,105; U.S. 5,767,366, U.S.
4,761,373; U.S.
5,633,437; U.S. 6,613,963; U.S. 5,013,659; U.S. 5,141,870; U.S. 5,378,824;
U.S. 5,605,011);
0 haloarylnitrilase (Bxn) for conferring tolerance to bromoxynil (W08704181A1;
U.S. 4,810,648; W08900193A);
g) modified acetyl-coenzyme A carboxylase for conferring tolerance to
cyclohexanedione (sethoxydim) and aryloxyphenoxypropionate (haloxyfop)
(U.S.
6,414,222);
h) dihydropteroate synthase (sun) for conferring tolerance to sulfonamide
herbicides
(U.S. 5,597,717; U.S. 5,633,444; U.S. 5,719,046);
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i) 32 kD photosystem II polypeptide (psbA) for conferring tolerance to
triazine
herbicides (Hirschberg et at., 1983);
j) anthranilate synthase for conferring tolerance to 5-methyltryptophan (U.S.
4,581,847);
k) dihydrodipicolinic acid synthase (dapA) for conferring to tolerance to
aminoethyl
cysteine (W08911789);
1) phytoene desaturase (crtl) for conferring tolerance to pyridazinone
herbicides such
as norflurazon (JP06343473);
m) hydroxy-phenyl pyruvate dioxygenase for conferring tolerance to
cyclopropylisoxazole herbicides such as isoxaflutole (WO 9638567; U.S.
6,268,549);
n) modified protoporphyrinogen oxidase I (protox) for conferring tolerance to
protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors (U.S. 5,939,602); and
o) aryloxyalkanoate dioxygenase (AAD-1, AAD-12) for conferring tolerance to an
herbicide containing an aryloxyalkanoate moiety (W005107437; W007053482).
Examples
of such herbicides include phenoxy auxins (such as 2,4-D and dichlorprop),
pyridyloxy
auxins (such as fluroxypyr and triclopyr), aryloxyphenoxypropionates (AOPP)
acetyl-
coenzyme A carboxylase (ACCase) inhibitors (such as haloxyfop, quizalofop, and
diclofop),
and 5- substituted phenoxyacetate protoporphyrinogen oxidase IX inhibitors
(such as
pyraflufen and flumiclorac).
Variants of DMOs having a capability to degrade auxin-like herbicides, as well
as
glyphosate or other herbicide tolerance genes, can readily be prepared and
assayed for
activity according to standard methods. Such sequences can also be identified
by techniques
known in the art such as nucleic acid hybridization, for example, from
suitable organisms
including bacteria that degrade auxin-like herbicides such as dicamba or other
herbicides
(U.S. Patent 5,445,962; Cork and Krueger, 1991; Cork and Khalil, 1995).
Variants can also
be chemically synthesized, for example, using the known DMO polynucleotide
sequences
according to techniques well known in the art. For instance, DNA sequences may
be
synthesized by phosphoamidite chemistry in an automated DNA synthesizer.
Chemical
synthesis may be desirable because codons preferred by the host in which the
DNA sequence
will be expressed may be used to optimize expression.
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Modification and changes may be made to the polypeptide sequence of a protein
such
as the DMO sequences provided herein while retaining enzymatic activity. The
following is
a discussion based upon changing the amino acids of a protein to create an
equivalent, or
even an improved, modified polypeptide and corresponding coding sequences. It
is known,
for example, that certain amino acids may be substituted for other amino acids
in a protein
structure without appreciable loss of interactive binding capacity with
structures such as
binding sites on substrate molecules. Since it is the interactive capacity and
nature of a
protein that defines that protein's biological functional activity, certain
amino acid sequence
substitutions can be made in a protein sequence, and, of course, its
underlying DNA coding
sequence, and nevertheless obtain a protein with like properties. It is thus
contemplated that
various changes may be made in the DMO peptide sequences described herein or
other
herbicide tolerance polypeptides and corresponding DNA coding sequences
without
appreciable loss of their biological utility or activity.
In making such changes, the hydropathic index of amino acids may be
considered.
The importance of the hydropathic amino acid index in conferring interactive
biologic
function on a protein is generally understood in the art (Kyte et at., 1982).
It is accepted that
the relative hydropathic character of the amino acid contributes to the
secondary structure of
the resultant protein, which in turn defines the interaction of the protein
with other molecules,
for example, enzymes, substrates, receptors, DNA, antibodies, antigens, and
the like.
It is known in the art that amino acids may be substituted by other amino
acids having
a similar hydropathic index or score and still result in a protein with
similar biological
activity, i.e., still obtain a biological functionally equivalent protein. In
making such
changes, the substitution of amino acids whose hydropathic indices are within
2 is preferred,
those which are within 1 are particularly preferred, and those within 0.5
are even more
particularly preferred.
It is also understood in the art that the substitution of like amino acids can
be made
effectively on the basis of hydrophilicity. U.S. Patent 4,554,101 states that
the greatest local
average hydrophilicity of a protein, as governed by the hydrophilicity of its
adjacent amino
acids, correlates with a biological property of the protein. It is understood
that an amino acid
can be substituted for another having a similar hydrophilicity value and still
obtain a
biologically equivalent protein. In such changes, the substitution of amino
acids whose
hydrophilicity values are within 2 is preferred, those which are within 1
are particularly
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preferred, and those within 0.5 are even more particularly preferred.
Exemplary
substitutions which take these and various of the foregoing characteristics
into consideration
are well known to those of skill in the art and include: arginine and lysine;
glutamate and
aspartate; serine and threonine; glutamine and asparagine; and valine, leucine
and isoleucine.
A gene conferring herbicide tolerance will typically be linked to a plant
promoter
driving expression of the gene in an amount sufficient to confer the herbicide
tolerance.
Promoters suitable for this and other uses are well known in the art. Examples
describing
such promoters include U.S. Patent 6,437,217 (maize RS81 promoter), U.S.
Patent 5,641,876
(rice actin promoter), U.S. Patent 6,426,446 (maize RS324 promoter), U.S.
Patent 6,429,362
(maize PR-1 promoter), U.S. Patent 6,232,526 (maize A3 promoter), U.S. Patent
6,177,611
(constitutive maize promoters), U.S. Patents 5,322,938, 5,352,605, 5,359,142
and 5,530,196
(35S promoter), U.S. Patent 6,433,252 (maize L3 oleosin promoter), U.S. Patent
6,429,357
(rice actin 2 promoter as well as a rice actin 2 intron), U.S. Patent
5,837,848 (root specific
promoter), U.S. Patent 6,294,714 (light inducible promoters), U.S. Patent
6,140,078 (salt
inducible promoters), U.S. Patent 6,252,138 (pathogen inducible promoters),
U.S. Patent
6,175,060 (phosphorus deficiency inducible promoters), U.S. Patent 6,388,170
(bidirectional
promoters), U.S. Patent 6,635,806 (gamma-coixin promoter), and U.S. patent
application
Serial No. 09/757,089 (maize chloroplast aldolase promoter). Additional
promoters that may
find use are a nopaline synthase (NOS) promoter (Ebert et at., 1987), the
octopine synthase
(OCS) promoter (which is carried on tumor-inducing plasmids of Agrobacterium
tumefaciens), the caulimovirus promoters such as the cauliflower mosaic virus
(CaMV) 19S
promoter (Lawton et at., 1987), the CaMV 35S promoter (Odell et at., 1985),
the figwort
mosaic virus 35S-promoter (Walker et at., 1987), the sucrose synthase promoter
(Yang et at.,
1990), the R gene complex promoter (Chandler et at., 1989), the chlorophyll
a/b binding
protein gene promoter, CaMV35S (U.S. Patent Nos. 5,322,938; 5,352,605;
5,359,142; and
5,530,196), FMV35S (U.S. Patents 6,051,753; 5,378,619), a PC1SV promoter (e.g.
U.S.
Patent 5,850,019, and the promoter of SEQ ID NO:15), the SCP1 promoter (U.S.
Pat. No.
6,677,503); and AGRtu.nos (GenBank Accession V00087; Depicker et at, 1982;
Bevan et at.,
1983) promoters, and the like.
Benefit may be obtained for the expression of herbicide tolerance genes by use
of a
sequence coding for a transit peptide. For example, incorporation of a
suitable chloroplast
transit peptide, such as, the Arabidopsis thaliana EPSPS CTP (Klee et at.,
1987), and the
Petunia hybrida EPSPS CTP (della-Cioppa et at., 1986) has been shown to target
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heterologous EPSPS protein sequences to chloroplasts in transgenic plants. DMO
may also
be targeted to chloroplasts. Chloroplast transit peptides (CTPs) are
engineered to be fused to
the N-terminus of a protein to direct the protein into the plant chloroplast.
Such sequences
may find use in connection with a nucleic acid conferring dicamba tolerance in
particular.
Many chloroplast-localized proteins are expressed from nuclear genes as
precursors and are
targeted to the chloroplast by a chloroplast transit peptide that is removed
during the import
process. Examples of chloroplast proteins include the small subunit (RbcS2) of
ribulose-1,5,-
bisphosphate carboxylase such as from pea (Pisum sativum), ferredoxin,
ferredoxin
oxidoreductase, the light-harvesting complex protein I and protein II, and
thioredoxin F.
Other exemplary chloroplast targeting sequences include the maize cab-m7
signal sequence
(Becker et at., 1992; PCT WO 97/41228), the pea glutathione reductase signal
sequence
(Creissen et at., 1995; PCT WO 97/41228), and the CTP of the Nicotiana
tobaccum ribulose
1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit chloroplast transit peptide (SSU-
CTP) (Mazur, et
at., 1985). Use of AtRbcS4 (CTP1; U.S. Patent 5,728,925), AtShkG (CTP2; Klee
et at.,
1987), AtShkGZm (CTP2synthetic; see SEQ ID NO:14 of W004009761), PsRbcS
(Coruzzi
et at., 1984), and those disclosed in U.S. Provisional Appin. Serial No.
60/891,675 with the
invention in particular may be of benefit, for instance with regard to
expression of a DMO
polypeptide (e.g. see SEQ ID NOs:3-14 for peptide sequences of CTPs and the
nucleic acid
sequences that encode them).
A 5' UTR that functions as a translation leader sequence is a DNA genetic
element
located between the promoter sequence of a gene and the coding sequence. The
translation
leader sequence is present in the fully processed mRNA upstream of the
translation start
sequence. The translation leader sequence may affect processing of the primary
transcript to
mRNA, mRNA stability or translation efficiency. Examples of translation leader
sequences
include maize and petunia heat shock protein leaders (U.S. Patent No.
5,362,865), plant virus
coat protein leaders, plant rubisco leaders, among others (Turner and Foster,
1995). Non-
limiting examples of 5' UTRs that may in particular be of benefit for use
GmHsp (U.S. Patent
5,659,122), PhDnaK (U.S. Patent 5,362,865), AtAntl, TEV (Carrington and Freed,
1990),
and AGRtunos (GenBank Accession V00087; Bevan et at., 1983) .
The 3' non-translated sequence, 3' transcription termination region, or poly
adenylation region means a DNA molecule linked to and located downstream of a
structural
polynucleotide molecule and includes polynucleotides that provide
polyadenylation signal
and other regulatory signals capable of affecting transcription, mRNA
processing or gene
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expression. The polyadenylation signal functions in plants to cause the
addition of
polyadenylate nucleotides to the 3' end of the mRNA precursor. The
polyadenylation
sequence can be derived from the natural gene, from a variety of plant genes,
or from T-DNA
genes. An example of a 3' transcription termination region is the nopaline
synthase 3' region
(nos 3'; Fraley et at., 1983). The use of different 3' nontranslated regions
is exemplified
(Ingelbrecht et at., 1989). Polyadenylation molecules from a Pisum sativum
RbcS2 gene
(Ps.RbcS2-E9; Coruzzi et at., 1984) and AGRtu.nos (Genbank Accession E01312)
in
particular may be of benefit for use with the invention.
Any of the techniques known in the art for introduction of transgenes into
plants may
be used to prepare a herbicide tolerant plant in accordance with the invention
(see, for
example, Miki et at., 1993). Suitable methods for transformation of plants are
believed to
include virtually any method by which DNA can be introduced into a cell, such
as by
electroporation as illustrated in U.S. Patent No. 5,384,253; microprojectile
bombardment as
illustrated in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,015,580; 5,550,318; 5,538,880; 6,160,208;
6,399,861; and
6,403,865; Agrobacterium-mediated transformation as illustrated in U.S. Patent
Nos.
5,635,055; 5,824,877; 5,591,616; 5,981,840; and 6,384,301; and protoplast
transformation as
illustrated in U.S. Patent No. 5,508,184, etc. Through the application of
techniques such as
these, the cells of virtually any plant species may be stably transformed, and
these cells
developed into transgenic plants. Techniques that may be particularly useful
in the context of
cotton transformation are disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,846.797, 5,159,135,
5,004,863, and
6,624,344; and techniques for transforming Brassica plants in particular are
disclosed, for
example, in U.S. Patent 5,750,871; and techniques for transforming soybean are
disclosed in
for example in Zhang et al., 1999 and U.S. Patent 6,384,301). Techniques for
transforming
corn are disclosed, for example, in U.S. Patent 7,060,876, U.S. Patent
5,591,616, and
W09506722.
After effecting delivery of exogenous DNA to recipient cells, the next steps
generally
concern identifying the transformed cells for further culturing and plant
regeneration. In
order to improve the ability to identify transformants, one may desire to
employ a selectable
or screenable marker gene with a transformation vector prepared in accordance
with the
invention. In this case, one would then generally assay the potentially
transformed cell
population by exposing the cells to a selective agent or agents, or one would
screen the cells
for the desired marker gene trait.
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Cells that survive the exposure to the selective agent, or cells that have
been scored
positive in a screening assay, may be cultured in media that supports
regeneration of plants.
In an exemplary embodiment, any suitable plant tissue culture media, for
example, MS and
N6 media may be modified by including further substances such as growth
regulators. Tissue
may be maintained on a basic media with growth regulators until sufficient
tissue is available
to begin plant regeneration efforts, or following repeated rounds of manual
selection, until the
morphology of the tissue is suitable for regeneration, typically at least 2
weeks, then
transferred to media conducive to shoot formation. Cultures are transferred
periodically until
sufficient shoot formation has occurred. Once shoot are formed, they are
transferred to media
conducive to root formation. Once sufficient roots are formed, plants can be
transferred to
soil for further growth and maturity.
To confirm the presence of the exogenous DNA or "transgene(s)" in the
regenerating
plants, a variety of assays may be performed. Such assays include, for
example, "molecular
biological" assays, such as Southern and Northern blotting and PCRTM;
"biochemical" assays,
such as detecting the presence of a protein product, e.g., by immunological
means (ELISAs
and Western blots) or by enzymatic function; plant part assays, such as leaf
or root assays;
and also, by analyzing the phenotype of the whole regenerated plant.
Once a transgene has been introduced into a plant, that gene can be introduced
into
any plant sexually compatible with the first plant by crossing, without the
need for ever
directly transforming the second plant. Therefore, as used herein the term
"progeny" denotes
the offspring of any generation of a parent plant prepared in accordance with
the instant
invention, wherein the progeny comprises a selected DNA construct prepared in
accordance
with the invention. A "transgenic plant" may thus be of any generation.
"Crossing" a plant
to provide a plant line having one or more added transgenes or alleles
relative to a starting
plant line, as disclosed herein, is defined as the techniques that result in a
particular sequence
being introduced into a plant line by crossing a starting line with a donor
plant line that
comprises a transgene or allele of the invention. To achieve this one could,
for example,
perform the following steps: (a) plant seeds of the first (starting line) and
second (donor plant
line that comprises a desired transgene or allele) parent plants; (b) grow the
seeds of the first
and second parent plants into plants that bear flowers; (c) pollinate a flower
from the first
parent plant with pollen from the second parent plant; and (d) harvest seeds
produced on the
parent plant bearing the fertilized flower.
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The crop may be a dicot crop selected from the group consisting of alfalfa,
beans,
broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, Chinese cabbage, cotton,
cucumber, eggplant,
lettuce, melon, pea, pepper, peanut, potato, pumpkin, radish, rapeseed,
spinach, soybean,
squash, sugarbeet, sunflower, tomato, and watermelon. Preferably, the crop is
a soybean or
cotton crop.
The crop may be a monocot crop selected from the group consisting of corn,
onion,
rice, sorghum, wheat, rye, millet, sugarcane, oat, triticale, switchgrass, and
turfgrass.
Preferably, the crop is corn.
Nucleic acid molecules providing tolerance to glyphosate, glufosinate,
dicamba, and
2,4-D are disclosed above. These nucleic acid molecules are introduced in
soybean or cotton
by transformation methods as disclosed above.
Equipment and methods known in the art are used to apply various herbicide
treatments as disclosed herein. The application rates of herbicides maybe
varied, for instance
as described above, depending upon the soil texture, pH, organic matter
content, tillage
systems, and the size of the weed, and can be determined by consulting the
herbicide label for
the proper herbicide rate.
The preparation of herbicide compositions for use in connection with the
current
invention will be apparent to those of skill in the art in view of the
disclosure. Such
compositions, which are commercially available, will typically include, in
addition to the
active ingredient, components such as surfactants, solid or liquid carriers,
solvents and
binders. Examples of surfactants that may be used for application to plants
include the alkali
metal, alkaline earth metal or ammonium salts of aromatic sulfonic acids,
e.g., ligno-, phenol-
naphthalene- and dibutylnaphthalenesulfonic acid, and of fatty acids of
arylsulfonates, of
alkyl ethers, of lauryl ethers, of fatty alcohol sulfates and of fatty alcohol
glycol ether
sulfates, condensates of sulfonated naphthalene and its derivatives with
formaldehyde,
condensates of naphthalene or of the naphthalenesulfonic acids with phenol and
formaldehyde, condensates of phenol or phenolsulfonic acid with formaldehyde,
condensates
of phenol with formaldehyde and sodium sulfite, polyoxyethylene octylphenyl
ether,
ethoxylated isooctyl-, octyl-or nonylphenol, tributylphenyl polyglycol ether,
alkylaryl
polyether alcohols, isotridecyl alcohol, ethoxylated castor oil, ethoxylated
triarylphenols,
salts of phosphated triarylphenolethoxylates, lauryl alcohol polyglycol ether
acetate, sorbitol
esters, lignin-sulfite waste liquors or methylcellulose, or mixtures of these.
Common practice
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in the case of surfactant use is about 0.25% to 1.0% by weight, and more
commonly about
0.25% to 0.5% by weight.
Compositions for application to plants may be solid or liquid. Where solid
compositions are used, it may be desired to include one or more carrier
materials with the
active compound. Examples of carriers include mineral earths such as silicas,
silica gels,
silicates, talc, kaolin, attaclay, limestone, chalk, loess, clay, dolomite,
diatomaceous earth,
calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide, ground synthetic
materials, fertilizers
such as ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, thiourea and
urea,
products of vegetable origin such as cereal meals, tree bark meal, wood meal
and nutshell
meal, cellulose powders, attapulgites, montmorillonites, mica, vermiculites,
synthetic silicas
and synthetic calcium silicates, or mixtures of these. Solid formulations may
be formulated
as dusts, dispersible powders, granules, microcapsules and the like. Liquid
formulations may
include aqueous and non-aqueous solutions, emulsions, and the like.
For liquid solutions, water-soluble compounds or salts may be included, such
as
sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium
acetate,
ammonium hydrogen sulfate, ammonium chloride, ammonium acetate, ammonium
formate,
ammonium oxalate, ammonium carbonate, ammonium hydrogen carbonate, ammonium
thiosulfate, ammonium hydrogen diphosphate, ammonium dihydrogen monophosphate,
ammonium sodium hydrogen phosphate, ammonium thiocyanate, ammonium sulfamate
or
ammonium carbamate.
Other exemplary components in herbicidal compositions include binders such as
polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl
acetate,
carboxymethylcellulose, starch, vinylpyrrolidone/vinyl acetate copolymers and
polyvinyl
acetate, or mixtures of these; lubricants such as magnesium stearate, sodium
stearate, talc or
polyethylene glycol, or mixtures of these; antifoams such as silicone
emulsions, long-chain
alcohols, phosphoric esters, acetylene diols, fatty acids or organofluorine
compounds, and
complexing agents such as: salts of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA),
salts of
trinitrilotriacetic acid or salts of polyphosphoric acids, or mixtures of
these.
Also, disclosed are methods of minimizing development of herbicide resistant
weeds
in the future by rotating a first cropping system in a first year comprising a
crop tolerant to
one or more herbicides and accompanying herbicidal treatments with a second
cropping
system in a second year comprising a crop tolerant to one or more herbicides
and
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accompanying herbicidal treatments, wherein the second crop has tolerance to a
different
herbicide or a combination of herbicides.
The cropping systems disclosed herein incorporate not only the use of crops
that are
tolerant to one or more herbicides and the use of chemical weed control means
such as types,
rates, and timing of herbicide applications but also the use of cultural means
such as crop
rotation with other transgenic crops having tolerance to one or more
herbicides and
mechanical weed control means such as tilling, resulting in novel integrated
weed
management.
A crop tolerant to one or more herbicides belonging to different mode of
action
groups is produced and utilized in a cropping system of the present invention.
These
herbicides are approved by Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) and non-
limiting
examples are found in Table 2 (Mallory-Smith and Retzinger Jr, 2003; Herbicide
Handbook,
2002,; Schmidt, 1997).
The invention should be read in view of these definitions:
"Auxin-like" herbicides refers to herbicides of four chemical families:
phenoxy,
carboxylic acid (or pyridine), benzoic acid, and quinaline carboxylic acid.
These types of
herbicides mimic or act like the natural plant growth regulators called
auxins. The action of
auxinic herbicides appears to affect cell wall plasticity and nucleic acid
metabolism, which
can lead to uncontrolled cell division and growth.
Phenoxy herbicides are most common and have been used as herbicides since the
1940s when (2,4-dichlorophenoxy) acetic acid (2,4-D) was discovered. Other
examples
include 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) butyric acid (2,4-DB), 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)
propanoic
acid (2, 4-DP), (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetic acid (2,4,5-T), 2-(2,4,5-
Trichlorophenoxy)
Propionic Acid (2,4,5-TP), 2-(2,4-dichloro-3-methylphenoxy)-N-
phenylpropanamide
(clomeprop), (4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) acetic acid (MCPA), 4-(4-chloro-o-
tolyloxy)
butyric acid (MCPB), and 2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy) propanoic acid (MCPP).
The next largest chemical family is the carboxylic acid herbicides, also
called
pyridine herbicides. Examples include 3,6-dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid
(Clopyralid),
4-amino-3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid (picloram), (2,4,5-
trichlorophenoxy) acetic
acid (triclopyr), and 4-amino-3,5-dichloro-6-fluoro-2-pyridyloxyacetic acid
(fluroxypyr).
Examples of benzoic acids include 3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid (dicamba), 3,5,6-
trichloro-o-anisic acid (tricamba), and 3-amino-2,5-dichlorobenzoic acid
(chloramben).
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Dicamba is a particularly useful herbicide for use in the present invention. A
fourth chemical
family of auxinic herbicides is the quinaline carboxylic acid family, an
example of which is
3,7-dichloro-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid (quinclorac). This herbicide is unique
in that it also
will control some grass weeds, unlike the other auxin-like herbicides which
essentially
control only broadleaf or dicotyledonous plants. Another herbicide in this
category is 7-
chloro-3-methy1-8-quinolinecarboxylic acid (quinmerac).
"Dicamba" refers to 3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid or 3,6-dichloro-2-methoxy
benzoic
acid and its acids and salts. Its salts include isopropylamine, diglycoamine,
dimethylamine,
potassium and sodium. Examples of commercial formulations of dicamba include,
without
limitation, BanvelTM (as DMA salt), ClarityTM (as DGA salt), VEL-58-CS-11Tm
and
VanquishTM (as DGA salt, BASF).
A comprehensive list of weeds that are controlled by dicamba can be found at
www.greenbook.net/docs/Label/L2281.pdf. The herbicide is particularly useful
for control of
taller weeds and more difficult to control weeds such as purslane, sicklepod,
morninglory and
wild buckwheat. Dicamba can be used to control weeds not susceptible to other
herbicides.
Following the application of ClarityTM, a formulation of dicamba, a minimum
accumulation
of one inch of rainfall or overhead irrigation followed by a 14 day waiting
period for the 4 to
8 ounce/acre rates or a 28 day waiting period for the 16 ounce/acre rates has
been recommend
for controlling weeds in a soybean field (see Table 22 in VanGessel and Majek,
2005). The
Clarity label recommends that it be applied at least 15 days prior to sorghum
planting.
Similarly, for cotton, a waiting period of 21 days is recommended after
applying Clarity or
Banvel0 to the field, before planting the cotton seeds (Craig et at., 2005,
www.ipmcenters.org/cropprofiles/docs/tncotton.html) and no pre-emergence and
post-
emergence application are label recommended. For post-emergent weed control in
corn,
dicamba is the 5th most widely used herbicide for broad leaf weeds. However,
although the
optimal rate for broad leaf weed control is between 280 to 560 g/h
(grams/hectare), the
average use rate in corn is 168 g/h as at higher use rates and under certain
environmental
conditions, dicamba can injure corn. In a cropping system comprising crop
plants displaying
tolerance to dicamba, more flexibility is available to a grower in the timing
and usage rate for
dicamba application.
"Glyphosate" refers to N-phosphonomethylglycine and salts thereof Glyphosate
is
commercially available in numerous formulations. Examples of these
formulations of
glyphosate include, without limitation, those sold by Monsanto Company as
ROUNDUP ,
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ROUNDUP ULTRA, ROUNDUP ULTRAMAX, ROUNDUP CT, ROUNDUP
EXTRA, ROUNDUP BIACTIVE, ROUNDUP BIOFORCE, RODEO , POLARIS ,
SPARK and ACCORD herbicides, all of which contain glyphosate as its
isopropylammonium salt, ROUNDUP WEATHERMAX containing glyphosate as its
potassium salt; ROUNDUP DRY and RIVAL herbicides, which contain glyphosate
as its
ammonium salt; ROUNDUP GEOFORCE, which contains glyphosate as its sodium
salt;
and TOUCHDOWN herbicide, which contains glyphosate as its trimethylsulfonium
salt.
"First treatment" refers to application of one or more herbicides sequentially
or in a
tank-mix at pre-planting, planting, pre-emergence, or at a combination of
these stages.
"Second treatment" refers to applying one or more herbicides sequentially or
in a
tank-mix at an early post-emergence stage.
"Third treatment" refers to applying one or more herbicides sequentially or in
a tank-
mix at a late post-emergence stage. These stages are different for each crop.
Generally it
refers to development of crop canopy which influences both shading of weed
growth and
ability to get application equipment through the rows of the crop.
"Fourth treatment" refers to applying one or more herbicides sequentially or
in a tank-
mix at a pre-harvest stage. Preharvest is generally defined as when crop and
weeds are still
green and growing to a point where post emergence herbicides can still be
effective.
"Fifth treatment" refers to applying one or more herbicides sequentially or in
a tank-
mix at a post-harvest stage when a crop has been removed. This can either be a
treatment in
fall or spring, treatment between a fallow period, or treatment between a crop
planting in
double crop planting situations.
An "herbicide resistant weed" is defined as a weed biotype that is no longer
controllable at a herbicide rate that previously used to controlled it, and
the trait is passed to
offspring (heritable). Non¨limiting examples of these weeds are given in Table
1.
"Tough weed" refers to weeds that are difficult to control.
"Volunteer plant" means a herbicide tolerant crop plant that grows from a seed
that
was left after harvest in or on the soil from the previous growing season.
"Cropping system" refers to an interactive combination of a crop, any
herbicide
tolerance exhibited by it, and accompanying herbicidal treatment options
available at
different stages of crop development, yielding a productive crop.
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"Transgenic" cells and organisms include cells and organisms that do not
normally
degrade a herbicide, such as dicamba, but which have been transformed so that
they are able
to degrade this herbicide and exhibit agronomically useful levels of tolerance
to the
application of the herbicide.
Table 1. Herbicide tolerant weeds. Classification as per WSSA or HRAC; see
Table 2.
ACCase inhibitors resistant weeds (Group 1 or A)
Alopecurus myosuro ides, Avena fatua, Avena sterilis, Avena sterilis
ludoviciana, Brachiaria plantaginea,
Bromus diandrus, Bromus rigidus, Cynosurus echinatus, Digitaria ciliaris,
Digitaria ischaemum, Digitaria
sanguinalis, Echinochloa colona, Echinochloa crus-galli, Echinochloa
oryzicola, Echinochloa
phyllopogon, Eleusine indica, Eriochloa punctata, Hordeum glaucum, Hordeum
leporinum, Ischaemum
rugosum, Leptochloa chinensis, Lolium multiflorum, Lolium perenne, Lolium
persicum, Lolium rigidum,
Phalaris minor, Phalaris paradoxa, Rottboellia exalta, Setaria faberi, Setaria
viridis, Setaria viridis var.
robusta-alba Schreiber, Setaria viridis var. robusta-purpurea, Snowdenia
polystachea, Sorghum
halepense, Sorghum Sudanese
ALS inhibitors resistant weeds (Group 2 or B)
Alisma plantago-aquatica, Alopecurus myosuroides, Amaranthus blitoides,
Amaranthus hybridus,
Amaranthus lividus, Amaranthus palmeri, Amaranthus powellii, Amaranthus
quitensis, Amaranthus
retroflexus, Amaranthus rudis, Amaranthus tuberculatus, Ambrosia
artemisiifolia, Ambrosia trifida,
Ammania auriculata, Ammania coccinea, Anthemis cotula, Apera spica-venti,
Avena fatua, Avena sterilis
ludoviciana, Bacopa rotundifolia, Bidens pilosa, Bidens subalternans, Brassica
tournefortii, Bromus
tectorum, Camelina microcarpa, Chenopodium album, Chrysanthemum coronarium,
Conyza bonariensis,
Conyza Canadensis, Cuscuta campestris, Cyperus difformis, Damasonium minus,
Descurainia Sophia,
Digitaria sanguinalis, Diplotaxis tenuifolia, Echinochloa colona, Echinochloa
crus-galli, Echium
plantagineum, Elatine triandra var. pedicellata, Eleusine indica, Euphorbia
heterophylla, Fallopia
convolvulus, Fimbristylis miliacea, Galeopsis tetrahit, Galium spurium,
Helianthus annuus, Hordeum
glaucum, Iva xanthifolia, Ixophorus unisetus, Kochia scoparia, Lactuca
serriola, Limnocharis flava,
Limnophila erecta, Limnophila sessiliflora, Lindernia dubia, Lindernia dubia
var. major, Lindernia
micrantha, Lindernia procumbens, Lolium multiflorum, Lolium perenne, Lolium
rigidum,
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum , Monochoria korsakowii, Monochoria vaginalis,
Neslia paniculata,
Papaver rhoeas, Parthenium hysterophorus, Pen tzia suffruticosa, Phalaris
minor, Raphanus raphanistrum,
Raphanus sativus, Rap istrum rugosum, Rotala indica var. uliginosa, Sagittaria
guyanensis, Sagittaria
montevidensis, Sagittaria pygmaea, Salsola iberica, Scirpus juncoides var.
ohwianus, Scirpus mucronatus,
Setaria faberi, Setaria lutescens, Setaria viridis, Setaria viridis var.
robusta-alba Schreiber, Sida spinosa,
Sinapis arvensis, Sisymbrium orientale, Sisymbrium thellungii, Solanum
ptycanthum, Sonchus asper,
Sonchus oleraceus, Sorghum bicolor, Sorghum halepense, Stellaria media,
Thlaspi arvense, Xanthium
strumarium
Arylaminopropionic acids resistant weeds (Group 25 or Z (unclassified))
Avena fatua, Avena sterilis ludoviciana
Bipyridiliums resistant weeds (Group 22 or D)
Amaranthus lividus, Arctotheca calendula, Bidens pilosa, Conyza bonariensis,
Conyza Canadensis, Conyza
sumatrensis, Crassocephalum crepidiodes, Cuphea carthagenenis,
Eleusine indica, Epilobium adenocaulon, Erigeron philadelphicus, Hordeum
glaucum,
Hordeum leporinum, Ischaemum rugosum, Landoltia punctata, Lepidium virginicum,
Lolium rigidum, Monochoria korsakowii, Poa annua, Solanum americanum, Solanum
nigrum, Vulpia
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bromo ides, Youngia japonica
Carotenoid biosynthesis inhibitors resistant weeds (Group 12 or Fl)
Hydrilla verticillata, Raphanus raphanistrum
Cellulose inhibitors resistant weeds (Group 20 & 21 or L)
Echinochloa erecta
Chloroacetamides and others resistant weeds (Group 15 or K3)
Echinochloa crus-galli, Lolium rigidum
Dinitroanilines and others resistant weeds (Group 3 or Kl)
Alopecurus myosuroides, Amaranthus palmeri, Avena fatua, Echinochloa crus-
galli,
Eleusine indica, Fumaria densiflora, Lolium rigidum, Poa annua, Setaria
viridis,
Sorghum halepense
Glycines resistant weeds (Group 9 or G)
Amaranthus palmeri, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Conyza bonariensis, Conyza
Canadensis,
Eleusine indica, Lolium multiflorum, Lolium rigidum, Plantago lanceolata
Mitosis inhibitors resistant weeds (Group 23 or 1(2)
Lolium rigidum
Nitriles and others resistant weeds (Group 6 or C3)
Senecio vulgaris
Organoarsenical resistant weeds (Group 17 or Z (unclassified))
Xanthium strumarium
Photosystem II inhibitors resistant weeds (Group 5 or Cl (atrazine type))
Abutilon theophrasti, Alopecurus myosuroides, Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus
blitoides, Amaranthus
cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus, Amaranthus lividus, Amaranthus palmeri,
Amaranthus powellii,
Amaranthus retroflexus, Amaranthus rudis, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Arenaria
serpyllifolia, Atriplex patula,
Bidens tripartite, Brachypodium distachyon, Brassica campestris, Bromus
tectorum, Capsella bursa-
pastoris, Chamomilla suaveolens, Chenopodium album, ChenopodiumJIcfolium,
Chenopodium hybridum,
Chenopodium polyspermum, Chenopodium strictum var. Glaucophyllum, Chloris
inflate, Conyza
bonariensis, Conyza Canadensis, Crypsis schoenoides, Datura stramonium,
Digitaria sanguinalis,
Echinochloa crus-galli, Epilobium adenocaulon, Epilobium tetragonum, Fallopia
convolvulus, Galinsoga
ciliate, Kochia scoparia, Lolium rigidum, Lophochloa smyrnacea, Matricaria
matricarioides, Pan icum
capillare, Panicum dichotomiflorum, Phalaris paradoxa, Plantago lagopus, Poa
annua, Polygonum
aviculare, Polygonum hydropiper, Polygonum lapathifolium, Polygonum
pensylvanicum, Polygonum
persicaria, Polypogon monspeliensis, Portulaca oleracea, Raphanus
raphanistrum, Senecio vulgaris,
Setaria faberi, Setaria glauca, Setaria verticillata, Setaria viridis, Setaria
viridis var. Major, Sinapis
arvensis, Solanum nigrum, Sonchus asper, Stellaria media, Urochloa panicoides,
Urtica urens
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PPO inhibitors resistant weeds (Group 14 or E)
Amaranthus rudis, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Euphorbia heterophylla
Pyrazoliums resistant weeds (Group Z (unclassified))
Avena fatua
Synthetic auxins/Auxin-like herbicides resistant weeds (Group 4 or 0)
Carduus nutans, Carduus pycnocephalus, Centaurea solstitialis, Cirsium
arvense,Commelina diffusa,
Convolvulus arvensis, Daucus carota, Digitaria ischaemum, Echinochloa colona,
Echinochloa crus-galli,
Echinochloa crus-pavonis, Fimbristylis miliacea, Galeopsis tetrahit, Galium
spurium, Kochia scoparia,
Limnocharis flava, Limnophila erecta, Matricaria perforate, Papaver rhoeas,
Ranunculus acris, Sinapis
arvensis, Soliva sessilis, Sphenoclea zeylanica, Stellaria media
Thiocarbamates and others resistant weeds (Group 8 or N)
Avena fatua, Echinochloa crus-galli, Echinochloa oryzicola, Echinochloa
phyllopogon,
Lolium rigidum, Nassella trichotoma, Poa annua, Stipa neesiana
Triazoles, ureas, isoxazolidiones resistant weeds (Group 11 or F3)
Agrostis stolonifera, Lolium rigidum, Poa annua, Polygonum aviculare
Ureas and amides resistant weeds (Group 7 or C2)
Alopecurus japonicus, Alopecurus myosuroides, Amaranthus powellii, Amaranthus
retroflexus, Ambrosia
artemisiifolia, Apera spica-venti, Beclunannia syzigachne,
Bromus tectorum, Chenopodium album, Chloris inflate, Conyza canadensis,
Echinochloa colona,
Echinochloa crus-galli, Echinochloa erecta, Euphorbia heterophylla, Lolium
multiflorum, Lolium rigidum,
Phalaris minor, Poa annua, Portulaca oleracea, Senecio vulgaris
Table 2. Herbicides classified by primary site of action
HRAC Mode of Action Chemical Family Active Ingredient
WSSA
Group
Group
A
Inhibition of acetyl Aryloxyphenoxy- clodinafop-propargyl
1
CoA carboxylase propionates cyhalo fop-butyl
(ACCase) TOPs' diclofop-methyl
fenoxaprop-P-ethyl
fluazifop-P-butyl
haloxyfop-R-methyl
propaquizafop
quizalofop-P-ethyl
Cyclohexanediones alloxydim
`DIMs' butroxydim
(clefoxydim proposed)
clethodim
cycloxydim
sethoxydim
tepraloxydin
tralkoxydim
Inhibition of acetolactate synthase Sulfonylureas
amidosulfuron
2
ALS azimsulfuron
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HRAC Mode of Action Chemical Family Active Ingredient WSSA
Group Group
(acetohydroxyacid synthase AHAS) bensulfuron-methyl
chlorimuron-ethyl
chlorsulfuron
cinosulfuron
cyclosulfamuron
ethametsulfuron-
methyl
ethoxysulfuron
flazasulfuron
flupyrsulfuron-methyl-
Na
foramsulfuron
halosulfuron-methyl
imazosulfuron
iodosulfuron
metsulfuron-methyl
nicosulfuron
oxasulfuron
primisulfuron-methyl
prosulfuron
pyrazosulfuron-ethyl
rimsulfuron
sulfometuron-methyl
sulfosulfuron
thifensulfuron-methyl
triasulfuron
tribenuron-methyl
trifloxysulfuron
triflusulfuron-methyl
tritosulfuron
Imidazolinones imazapic
imazamethabenz-
methyl
imazamox
imazapyr
imazaquin
imazethapyr
Triazolopyrimidines cloransulam-methyl
diclosulam
florasulam
flumetsulam
metosulam
Pyrimidinyl(thio)benzoates bispyribac-Na
pyribenzoxim
pyriftalid
pyrithiobac-Na
pyriminobac-methyl
Sulfonylaminocarbonyl- flucarbazone-Na
triazolinones procarbazone-Na
Inhibition of photosynthesis at Triazines ametryne
Cl 5
photo system II atrazine
cyanazine
desmetryne
dimethametryne
prometon
prometryne
propazine
simazine
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HRAC Mode of Action Chemical Family Active Ingredient
WSSA
Group
Group
simetryne
terbumeton
terbuthylazine
terbutryne
trietazine
Triazinones hexazinone
metamitron
metribuzin
Triazolinone amicarbazone
Uracils bromacil
lenacil
terbacil
Pyridazinones pyrazon = chloridazon
Phenyl-carbamates desmedipham
phenmedipham
Inhibition of photosynthesis at Ureas chlorobromuron
C2 7
photosystem II chlorotoluron
chloroxuron
dimefuron
dim-on
ethidimuron
fenuron
fluometuron (see F3)
isoproturon
isouron
linuron
methabenzthiazuron
metobromm-on
metoxuron
monolinuron
nebtu-on
siduron
tebuthiuron
Amides propanil
pentanochlor
Inhibition of photosynthesis at Nitriles bromofenoxim (also
C3 6
photosystem II M)
bromoxynil
(also group M)
ioxynil (also group M)
Benzothiadiazinone bentazon
Phenyl-pyridazines pyridate
pyridafol
Photosystem-I-electron diversion Bipyridyliums diquat
D 22
paraquat
Inhibition of protoporphyrinogen Diphenylethers acifluorfen-Na
E 14
oxidase bifenox
(PPO) chlomethoxyfen
fluoroglyco fen-ethyl
fomesafen
halosafen
lactofen
oxyfluorfen
Phenylpyrazoles fluazolate
pyraflufen-ethyl
N-phenylphthalimides cinidon-ethyl
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HRAC Mode of Action Chemical Family Active Ingredient
WSSA
Group
Group
flumiclorac-pentyl
Thiadiazoles fluthiacet-methyl
thidiazimin
Oxadiazoles oxadiazon
oxadiargyl
Triazolinones azafenidin
carfentrazone-ethyl
sulfentrazone
Oxazolidinediones pentoxazone
Pyrimidindiones benzfendizone
butafenacil
Others pyrazogyl
profluazol
Bleaching: Pyridazinones norflurazon
Fl 12
Inhibition of carotenoid
biosynthesis at the phytoene
desaturase step (PDS)
Pyridinecarboxamides diflufenican
picolinafen
Others beflubutamid
fluridone
flurochloridone
flurtamone
Bleaching: Triketones mesotrione
F2 28
Inhibition of 4-hydroxyphenyl- sulcotrione
pyruvate-dioxygenase (4-HPPD)
Isoxazoles isoxachlortole
isoxaflutole
Pyrazoles benzofenap
pyrazolynate
pyrazoxyfen
Others benzobicyclon
Bleaching: Triazoles amitrole
F3 11
Inhibition of carotenoid (in vivo inhibition of
biosynthesis (unknown target) lycopene cyclase)
Isoxazolidinones clomazone
13
Ureas fluometuron (see C2)
Diphenylether aclonifen
Inhibition of EP SP synthase Glycines glyphosate
G 9
sulfosate
Inhibition of glutamine synthetase Phosphinic acids
glufosinate-ammonium
H 10
bialaphos = bilanaphos
Inhibition of DHP (dihydropteroate) Carbamates asulam
I 18
synthase
Microtubule assembly inhibition Dinitroanilines benefin = benfluralin
1(1 3
butralin
dinitramine
ethalfluralin
oryzalin
pendimethalin
trifluralin
Phosphoroamidates amiprophos-methyl
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HRAC Mode of Action Chemical Family Active Ingredient
WSSA
Group
Group
butamiphos
Pyridines dithiopyr
thiazopyr
Benzamides propyzamide =
pronamide
tebutam
Benzenedicarboxylic acids DCPA = chlorthal-
3
dimethyl
Inhibition of mitosis / microtubule Carbamates chlorpropham
K2 23
organisation propham
carbetamide
Inhibition of cell division Chloroacetamides acetochlor
K3 15
(Inhibition of VLCFAs; see alachlor
Remarks) butachlor
dimethachlor
dimethanamid
metazachlor
metolachlor
pethoxamid
pretilachlor
propachlor
propisochlor
thenylchlor
Acetamides diphenamid
napropamide
naproanilide
Oxyacetamides flufenacet
me fenacet
Tetrazolinones fentrazamide
Others anilofos
cafenstrole
indano fan
piperophos
Inhibition of cell wall (cellulose) Nitriles dichlobenil
synthesis chlorthiamid
Benzamides isoxaben
21
Triazolocarboxamides flupoxam
Uncoupling (Membrane disruption) Dinitrophenols DNOC
24
dinoseb
dinoterb
Inhibition of lipid synthesis - not Thiocarbamates butylate
8
ACCase inhibition cycloate
dimepiperate
EPTC
esprocarb
molinate
orbencarb
pebulate
prosulfocarb
thiobencarb =
benthiocarb
tiocarbazil
triallate
vernolate
Phosphorodithioates bensulide
Benzofuranes benfuresate
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HRAC Mode of Action Chemical Family Active Ingredient
WSSA
Group
Group
ethofumesate
Chloro-Carbonic-acids TCA
26
dalapon
flupropanate
Synthetic auxins (auxin-like) Phenoxy-carboxylic-acids clomeprop
0 4
2,4-D
2,4-DB
dichlorprop = 2,4-DP
MCPA
MCPB
mecoprop = MCPP =
CMPP
Benzoic acids chloramben
dicamba
tricamba
2,3,6-TBA
Pyridine clopyralid
carboxylic acids fluroxypyr
picloram
triclopyr
Quinoline carboxylic acids quinclorac
(also group L)
quinmerac
Others benazolin-ethyl
Inhibition of auxin transport Phthalamates naptalam
19
Semicarbazones diflufenzopyr-Na
= ==
===
== =
= ==
== =
Unknown Arylaminopropionic acids Flamprop-M-methyl /-
Z 25
isopropyl
Pyrazolium difenzoquat
8
Organoarsenicals DSMA
17
MSMA
Others bromobutide
27
(chloro)-flurenol
cinmethylin
cumyluron
dazomet
dymron = daimuron
methyl-dimuron=
methyl-dymron
etobenzanid
fosamine
metam
oxaziclomefone
oleic acid
pelargonic acid
pyributicarb
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EXAMPLES
The following examples are included to illustrate embodiments of the
invention. It
should be appreciated by those of skill in the art that the techniques
disclosed in the examples
that follow represent techniques discovered by the inventor to function well
in the practice of
the invention. However, those of skill in the art should, in light of the
present disclosure,
appreciate that many changes can be made in the specific embodiments which are
disclosed
and still obtain a like or similar result without departing from the concept,
spirit and scope of
the invention. More specifically, it will be apparent that certain agents
which are both
chemically and physiologically related may be substituted for the agents
described herein
while the same or similar results would be achieved. All such similar
substitutes and
modifications apparent to those skilled in the art are deemed to be within the
spirit, scope and
concept of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
Example 1
Cropping systems for managing weeds
One embodiment of the present invention is exemplified by Tables 3-5, in which
crops tolerant to glyphosate, dicamba, glufosinate, 2,4 D, or a combination
thereof (I to X)
are utilized with accompanying herbicidal treatments (First to Fifth) at
different stages of
plant growth and development for managing weeds. For soybean, plant growth
stages may
be defined as follows: emergence is termed the "VE" growth stage, while early
post-
emergence soybean stages are often termed "VC" to "V3", and late post-
emergence soybean
stages are termed "V4" to "R2" (e.g. McWilliams et at., 1999). "Pre-harvest"
typically
occurs after soybean is physiologically mature, but before harvest, while
"post-harvest"
occurs after harvest has occurred. "Pre-emergence" application of herbicide
therefore refers
to an application prior to crop and weed emergence either, before or after
planting.
For cotton the timing of growth stages and related herbicide application may
be
defined as follows:
Pre-Emergence: any time prior to emergence of the crop for the purposes of
controlling winter and spring weeds.
Early Post-Emerge: applications that are made from the time the crop emerges
through the vegetative growth stage, i.e. until the pin-head square stage.
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Late Post-Emerge: Applications that are made during the reproductive stage of
cotton
growth, i.e. from pin-head square stage until the initiation of boll opening.
Pre-Harvest: Applications made from the initiation of boll opening until just
prior to
harvest. Most product labels include a prohibition on applying within a
certain number of
days prior to harvest. For example, Roundup can not be applied within 7 days
of harvest.
For other products this pre-harvest restriction may be 40 to 70 days.
Post-harvest: Applications made after the harvest for the purpose of
controlling late
season weeds that may be present at harvest time or emerge prior to the winter
season.
One of skill in the art would understand that there are no restrictions on how
close
applications can be made to crop emergence or crop harvest. However, certain
products may
have limitations on the label based on crop injury potential (e.g. do not
apply with 21 days of
planting) or because of chemical residue levels in the seed (e.g. do not apply
within 40 days
of harvest).
Various herbicide options for each treatment are indicated by letters A, B, C,
and so
on. Use of these herbicide tolerant crops, their accompanying treatments at
various stages of
growth results in management of weeds, current herbicide resistant weeds,
tough weeds,
volunteer plants, and minimizing the development of herbicide resistant weeds
in future.
Herbicide rates are given in Table 4 and 5 for soybean and cotton,
respectively. Exemplary
herbicides for use with corn are shown in Table 6. Equipment and methods known
in the art
are used for applying herbicide treatments.
0
Table 3. Treatments and various options provided for managing weeds in
exemplary cropping systems I-XII of the present t..)
o
invention. G-glyphosate, Gl-glufosinate, Pre-a preemergence herbicide, D-
dicamba, Gr-a graminicide, Di-2,4-D, Post-a g
postemergent herbicide, P-paraquat. A graminicide is not used with corn unless
the corn has tolerance to the class of herbicides -a-,
u,
used for controlling grasses, such as a fops herbicide.
o
c...)
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Treatment Options glyphos- dicamba glufosi- glyphos- dicamba 2,4-D glyphos-
dicamba glyphos- glyphos- glyphos- glyphosate,
& Timing ate tolerant nate ate and and
tolerant ate and and 2,4-D ate, ate and ate, dicamba,
tolerant tolerant glufosin- glufosin-
dicamba tolerant dicamba 2,4-D dicamba, glufosinate
ate ate
tolerant and tolerant and 2,4-D and 2,4-D
tolerant tolerant
glufosin- tolerant tolerant
ate
tolerant
I II III IV V VI VII
VIII IX X XI XII n
First (1)
o
A None None None None None None None
None None None None None is)
Preplant,
(3s
(3s
at plant,
.--1
pre-emerge
B Tilling Tilling Tilling Tilling
Tilling Tilling Tilling Tilling Tilling Tilling
Tilling Tilling o
4=.
ko
1¨k or a
ko
combina- C G G G G G G G
G G G G G is)
o
tion
o
D G1 D G1 G1 D Di
D D D Di D D ko
O
11.
E Pre P Pre Pre P P
P G1 P P G1 G1 1
n.)
H
F P G1 P P G1 G1 G1
Di G1 G1 Di Di
G G, G1 Pre G, G1 G, G1 Pre Pre
Pre Pre Pre Pre Pre Pre
H G, Pre G, D G, Pre G, Pre G, D
G, Di G, D P G, D G, Di P P
I G, P G, P G, P G, P G, P G, P G, P
G, D G, P G, P G, D G, D IV
n
J G, Gl, Pre G, G1 G, Gl, Pre G,
Gl, Pre G, G1 G, G1 G, G1 G, G1 G, G1 G, G1 G, G1 G, G1
1-3
CP
K G, Gl, P G, Pre G, Gl, P G, Gl,
P G, Pre G, Pre G, Pre G, Di G, Pre G, Pre G,
Di G, Di w
o
o
--.1
L G, Gl, G, D, P G, Gl, G, Gl,
G, D, P G, Di, P G, D, P G, Pre G, D, P G, Di, P G, Pre
G, Pre o
Pre, P Pre, P Pre, P
--.1
o
1¨,
M G, Pre, P G, D, G1 G, Pre, P G, Pre,
P G, D, G1 G, Di, G1 G, D, G1 G, P G, D, G1 G,
Di, G1 G, P G, P o
Treatment Options glyphos- dicamba glufosi- glyphos- dicamba 2,4-D glyphos-
dicamba glyphos- glyphos- glyphos- glyphosate,
& Timing ate tolerant nate ate and and
tolerant ate and and 2,4-D ate, ate and ate, dicamba,
tolerant tolerant glufosin- glufosin-
dicamba tolerant dicamba 2,4-D dicamba, glufosinate
ate ate
tolerant and tolerant and 2,4-D and 2,4-D 0
ts.)
tolerant tolerant
glufosin- tolerant tolerant o
o
ate
oc
tolerant
-a-,
u,
N Gl, Pre G, D, Pre Gl, Pre Gl, Pre
G, D, Pre G, Di, Pre G, D, Pre G, D, G1 G, D, Pre G, Di,
Pre G, D, G1 G, D, G1 cA
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O G1, P G, P, G1 G1, P G1, P G,
P, G1 G, P, G1 G, P, G1 G, D, Di G, P, G1 G, P, G1 G, D,
Di G, D, Di
P Gl, Pre, P G, P, Pre Gl, Pre, P
Gl, Pre, P G, P, Pre G, P, Pre G, P, Pre G, D, Pre G, P, Pre
G, P, Pre G, D, Pre G, D, Pre
Q Pre, P G, Gl, Pre Pre, P Pre, P
G, Gl, Pre G, Gl, Pre G, Gl, Pre G, D, P G, Gl, Pre G, Gl,
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dicamba glyphos- glyphos- glyphos- glyphosate,
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dicamba glyphos- glyphos- glyphos- glyphosate,
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tolerant ate and and 2,4-D ate, ate and ate, dicamba,
tolerant tolerant glufosin- glufosin-
dicamba tolerant dicamba 2,4-D dicamba, glufosinate
ate ate
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ts.)
tolerant tolerant
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tolerant ate and and 2,4-D ate, ate and ate, dicamba,
tolerant tolerant glufosin- glufosin-
dicamba tolerant dicamba 2,4-D dicamba, glufosinate
ate ate
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ts.)
tolerant tolerant
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tolerant
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dicamba glyphos- glyphos- glyphos- glyphosate,
& Timing ate tolerant nate ate and and
tolerant ate and and 2,4-D ate, ate and ate, dicamba,
tolerant tolerant glufosin- glufosin-
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ate ate
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ts.)
tolerant tolerant
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Table 4. Examples of herbicides and rates for use in soybean cropping systems.
Maximum
Family Common name Trade name Supplier Rate/Acre a.i./Acre/season
Herbicides suitable for the first treatment
EPSPS Roundup
inhibitors Glypho sate Weathermax Monsanto 11-44 oz/A
7.2875 lbs/A
Auxin-like
herbicides Dicamba Clarity BASF 4-24 oz/A 2
lbs/A
2,4-D
Acetanilide alachlor Intrro Monsanto 4-6 pts/A 3
lbs/A
alachlor Lasso Monsanto 4-6 pts/A 3 lbs/A
alachlor Micro Tech Monsanto 5-6 pts/A 3 lbs/A
dimethanamid-
P Establish Tenkoz 12-21 oz/A 0.9844 lbs/A
dimethanamid-
P Outlook BASF 12-21 oz/A 0.9844 lbs/A
flufenacet Define Bayer 8-14 oz/A 0.4375 lbs/A
metolachlor Stalwart Sipcam Agro 1-2.75 pts/A 2.75 lbs/A
s-metolachlor Brawl Tenkoz 1-2.6 pt/A 2.48 lbs/A
Dual II
s-metolachlor Magnum Syngenta 1-2.5 pts/A 2.38 lbs/A
chlorimuron-
ALS ethyl Classic Dupont 1.25-3 oz/A 0.0468 lbs/A
chlorimuron-
ethyl+tribenuro
n-methyl Canopy EX Dupont 1.1-3.3 oz/A 0.0608 lbs/A
cloransulam-
methyl FirstRate Dow 0.6-0.75 oz/A 0.055125
lb/A
flumetsulam Python Dow 0.8-1.33 oz/A 0.07 lbs/A
imazaquin Scepter BASF 2.15-2.8 oz/A 0.245 lbs/A
imazethapyr Pursuit BASF 4 oz/A 0.063 lbs/A
thifensulfuron+
tribenuron+met
sulfuron Affinity Dupont 0.6 - 1.0 oz/A 0.05625
lb/A
thifensulfuron- Harmony GT
methyl XP Dupont 0.083 oz/A 0.046875 lbs/A
imazethapyr+ 0.063 lbs/A+ 1.48
ALS+DiNA pendimethalin Pursuit Plus BASF 2.5 pts/A
lbs/A
chlorimuron-
ethyl+sulfentra
ALS+PPO zone Canopy XL Dupont 2.5-7.0 oz/A 0.3167 lb/A
BLEACHE
R clomazone Command FMC 1.33-3.33 pt/A 1.25 lb/A
norflurazon Solicam Syngenta 1.9-2.5 lbs/A 1.96 lbs/A
DiNA ethalfluralin Sonilan Dow 1.5-3 pts/A 1.125 lb/A
pendimethalin Acumen Tenkoz 1.2 - 3.6 pt/A 1.48 lb/A
Helena
pendimethalin pendimethalin Helena 1.2-3.6 pts/A 1.48 lb/A
pendimethalin Pendimax Dow 1.2-3.6 pts/A 1.48 lb/A
pendimethalin Prowl BASF 1.2-3.6 pts/A 1.48 lb/A
pendimethalin Prowl H20 BASF 1.5-3 pts/A 1.5 lb/A
trifluralin Bayonet Helena 5-10 lbs/A 1 lb/A
trifluralin Treflan Dow 1-2.5 pts/A 1.25 lb/A
trifluralin Trilin Griffin 1-2.5 pts/A 1.25 lb/A
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0.56 lbs ae/A
glyphosate + 3 lbs+
Glycine + glyphosate+ 0.06375 lbs/A
ALS imazethapyr Extreme BASF 3 pts/A imazethapyr
carfentrazone-
PPO ethyl Aim FMC 0.5 - 1.6 oz/A 0.025 lb/A
flumioxazin Encompass Tenkoz 2-3 oz/A 0.095625 lb/A
flumioxazin Valor Valent 2-3 oz/A 0.09562 lbs/A
fomesafen Flexstar Syngenta 0.75-1.5 pt/A 0.375 lb/A
Makhteshim
oxyfluorfen Galigan Agan 0.5-2 pts/A 0.75 lbs/A
sulfentrazone Blanket Tenkoz 3-8 oz/A 0.375 lb/A
sulfentrazone Spartan FMC 4.5-12 oz/A 0.375 lbs/A
Triazine linuron Linex Griffin 1-2 pts/A 1 lb/A
linuron Lorox Griffin 0.67-2 lbs/A 1 lb/A
Makhteshim
metribuzin Metribuzin Agan 0.33-1.17 lbs/A 0.8775 lb/A
metribuzin Metribuzin AgValue 0.33-1.17 lbs/A 0.8775 lb/A
metribuzin Sencor Bayer 0.33-1.17 lbs/A 0.8775 lbs/A
Triazine+Ac metribuzin+fluf
etanilide enacet Axiom DF Bayer 7-13 oz/A 0.5525 lb/A
Bipyridiliu Gramoxone
ms Paraquat Inteon Syngenta 8-16 oz/A 0/75 lb/A
Herbicides suitable for the second and third treatment
ESPS Roundup
inhibitors Glypho sate Weathermax Monsanto 11-44 oz/A
7.2875 lbs/A
GS glufosinate- Liberty Bayer
inhibitors ammonium 28-34 oz/A 0.809 lbs ai/A
Auxin-like
herbicides Dicamba Clarity BASF 4-24 oz/A 2
lbs/A
2,4-D
Dual II
Acetanilide s-metolachlor Magnum Syngenta 1-2.5 pts/A
2.38 lbs/A
ACCase clethodim Trigger Albaugh 4-16 oz/A 0.5 lbs/A
(Graminici
des) clethodim Volunteer Tenkoz 4-16 oz/A 0.5 lbs/A
clethodim Select Valent 4-16 oz/A 0.5 lbs/A
clethodim Select MAX Valent 8-32 oz/A 0.5 lbs/A
fluazifop-p-
butyl Fusilade DX Syngenta 6-24 oz/A 0.51 lb/A
fluazifop-p-
butyl+fenoxypro
p-p-ethyl Fusion Syngenta 6-12 oz/A 0.48 lb/A
quizalofop-ethyl Assure II Dupont 5-12 oz/A 0.12375 lb/A
sethoxydim Poast BASF 0.5-2.5 pts/A 0.9375 lbs/A
sethoxydim Poast Herbicide Micro Flo 0.5-2.5 pts/A 0.9375
lbs/A
ALS imazamox Raptor BASF 4-5 oz/A 0.04 lb ae/A
imazethapyr Pursuit BASF 4 oz/A 0.063 lbs/A
PPO acifluorfen Ultra Blazer UPI 0.5-1.5 pt/A
0.5 lbs/A
fomesafen Reflex Syngenta 0.75-1.5 pt/A 0.375 lb/A
fomesafen Flexstar Syngenta 0.75-1.5 pt/A 0.375 lb/A
lactofen Cobra Valent 6-12.5 oz/A 0.4 lbs/A
lactofen Phoenix Valent 6-12.5 oz/A 0.4 lbs/A
PSII Site B bentazon Basagran Micro Flo 1-3 pts/A 2 lbs/A
bentazon Basagran BASF 1-3 pts/A 2 lbs/A
Herbicides suitable for the fourth treatment
And/or one or
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suitable for 2nd
and 3rd
treatment
Herbicides suitable for the fifth treatment
Bipyridiliu
ms Gramoxone
Paraquat Inteon Syngenta 8-16 oz/A 0/75 lb/A
And/or one or
more herbicides
suitable for the
1st treatment
Table 5. Examples of herbicides and rates for use in cotton cropping systems.
Granular (G), Wettable powders (W or WP), Dry flowable (DF), Water dispersible
granules (WDG), Soluble Powder (S), Water soluble (SL), Liquid (L), Aqueous
solution
(AS), Emulsifiable concentrate (E or EC), Microencapsulated Emulsion (ME),
Flowable
(F), fluid ounce (fl oz), and pints (pt).
Family Chemical Trade Supplier Formulation Use
Rates/Acre of
Formulation
Herbicides suitable for the first treatment
EPSPS inhibitors glyphosate Roundup Monsanto 5.5 SL 11 to 32 fl oz
Auxin-like 2,4-D Various Dow 4 L 12 to 24 fl oz
dicamba Clarity Syngenta 4.5 L 8 fl oz
Bipyridiliums paraquat Gramoxone Syngenta 3 SL 11 to
21 fl oz
DiNA pendimethalin Prowl BASF 3.3 EC 1.2 to 3.6 pt
pendimethalin Prowl BASF 3.3 EC 1.2 to 2.4 pt
trifuralin Treflan Dow 4 EC 1 to 2 pt
pendimethalin Prowl BASF 3.3 EC 1.8 to 3.6 pt
GS inhibitors glufosinate-ammonium Ignite Bayer 2.34 L 22 to 29 fl
oz
Organoarsenicals MSMA Various Helena 6 L 2.67 pt
PPO inhibitors carfentrazone Aim FMC 2 EC 0.8 to 1.6 fl
oz
flumioxazin Valor Valent 51 WP 1 to 2 oz
Pyrimidinylthio- pyrithiobac Staple DuPont 85 SP 0.5 to 1.0 oz
benzoate
Sulfonylurea thifensulfuron + Harmony DuPont 75 WDG 0.5 oz
tribenuron Extra
Triazole clomazone Command FMC 3 ME 1.3 to 3.3 pt
Ureas and amides diuron Direx Griffin 4 F 1.5 to 2 pt
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Family Chemical Trade Supplier Formulation Use
Rates/Acre of
Formulation
dim-on Direx DuPont 4 L 1.6 to 2 pt
flumeturon Cotoran Griffin 4 F 2 to 3 pt
Norflurazon Solicam Syngenta DF 1.25 to 2.5 lb
Herbicides suitable for the second and third treatments
Aryloxyphenoxy fluazifop p-butyl Fusilade Syngenta 2 EC 8
to 12 fl oz
propionate
quizalofop p-ethyl Assure DuPont 0.88 EC 7 to 8 fl oz
Fenoxaprop Whip 360 Bayer 0.66 EC 0.7 to lpt
Auxin-like dicamba Clarity BASF 4SL 8 to 48 fl oz
2, 4-D Barrage Helena 4.7 EC 1 to 2 pt
Bipyridiliums paraquat Gramoxone Syngenta 3 SL 13 to
26 fl oz
Chloroacetamide s-metolachlor Dual Syngenta 7.6 EC 1 to 1.33
pt
s-metolachlor Dual Syngenta 7.6 EC 1 to 1.33
pt
Cyclohexanedione clethodim Select Valent 2 EC 6 to 8 fl oz
sethoxydim Poast BASF 1.53 EC 16 fl oz
DiNA pendimethalin Prowl BASF 3.3 EC 1.8 to 2.4 pt
EPSPS inhibitors glyphosate Roundup Monsanto 5.5 SL 22 fl oz
GS inhibitors glufosinate-ammonium Ignite Bayer 2.34 L 22 to 29 fl
oz
Organoarsenicals MSMA Various Helena 6 L 1 pt
DSMA Various Helena 3.6 L 1 gal
MSMA Various Helena 6 L 2.67 pt
PPO inhibitors carfentrazone Aim FMC 2 EC 0.8 to 1.6 fl
oz
flumioxazin Valor Valent Si WDG 2 oz
lactofen Cobra Valent 2 EC 6 to 12 fl oz
Protox inhibitors Oxyflourfen Goal 2XL DowAgro 2EC
1 to 2 pt
PS II inhibitors prometryn Caparol Syngenta 4 F 1.3 to 2.4 pt
Pyrimidinylthio- pyrithiobac Staple DuPont 85 SP 1.2 oz
benzoate
Sulfonylurea trifloxysulfuron-sodium Envoke Syngenta 75 WDG
0.1 oz
Ureas and amides fluometuron Cotoran Griffin 4 L 2 to 3.2 pt
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Family Chemical Trade Supplier Formulation Use
Rates/Acre of
Formulation
diuron Direx Griffin 4 L 1.6 to 2.4 pt
linuron Linex Griffin 4 L 2 pt
Herbicides suitable for the fourth treatment
EPSPS inhibitors glyphosate Roundup Monsanto 5.5 SL 16 to 22 fl oz
Auxin-like dicamba Clarity BASF 4SL 8 to 48 fl oz
2, 4-D Barrage Helena 4.7 EC 1 to 2 pt
Defoliant dimethipin Harvade Chemtura 5 F 8 to 10 fl oz
GS inhibitors glufosinate-ammonium Ignite Bayer 2.34 L 22 to 29 fl
oz
PPO carfentrazone-ethyl Aim FMC 2 EC 1 to
1.5 fl oz
Herbicides suitable for the fifth treatment
Bipyridiliums paraquat Gramoxone Syngenta 2.5 L 2.5
to 4.0 pt
One or more
herbicides suitable for
the first treatment
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Table 6. Exemplary pre-emergence and post-emergence herbicides and
combinations
for use with dicamba on corn in cropping systems of the present invention. Pre-
emergence includes the first and/or fifth treatment. Post-emergence includes
the
second, third, fourth treatments, and/or fifth treatment.
Chemical Family Common name Trade Name Pre- or Post-
emergent treatment
Chloroacetamides- Acetochlor Pre (can also be
used
acetanilides Metolachlor/ Post)
S-metolachlor Dual Magnum
Alachlor
Triazines Atrazine Pre and Post
Simazine
4HPPD Isoxazoles + CONVERGE Pre
mesotrione
mesotrione Callisto
ALS/ Growth Flumetsulam Python Pre
Regulator Clopyralid Stinger
Clopyralid +
Hornet
Flumetsulam
Dinitroanilines Pendimethalin Prowl Pre
EPSPS inhibitor Glyphosate Roundup Post
ALS Sulfonylureas Post
(Rimsulfuron,
Accent
nicosulfuron)
& Imidazolinones
Lightning (can
(imazethapyr)
also be applied
pre)
Phosphonic acid Glufosinate Liberty Post
Semicarbazones Diflufenzopyr Distinct Post
(+ dicamba)
4-HPPD Mesotrione + Callisto Post
Isoxazole Balance
Triazine atrazine Post
Auxins: Post
Phenoxyacetic acids 2,4-D
Pyridine carboxylic clopyralid Lontrel, Stinger
acids
PS2 inhibitors Post
Nitriles Bromoxynil Buctril, Pardner
benzothiadiazinones Bentazon Basagran
PPO's Post
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Example 2
A method for minimizing the development of herbicide resistant weeds
As shown in Table 7, a method for minimizing the development of a herbicide
resistant weed population is exemplified by rotating a first cropping system
(I to XII; Table
3) in a first year comprising a crop tolerant to one or more low-risk
herbicides and
accompanying herbicidal treatments with a second cropping system (I to XII;
Table 3) in a
second year comprising a crop tolerant to one or more low-risk herbicides and
accompanying
herbicidal treatments. For example, if the crop in the first cropping system
is tolerant to
glyphosate then the crop in the second cropping system can be tolerant to an
auxin like
herbicide or tolerant to glyphosate and an auxin like herbicides. Herbicide
rates are given in
Table 4 and Table 5 for soybean and cotton, respectively. Equipments and
methods known in
the art are used for applying various herbicide treatments.
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Example 3
Production of transgenic soybean having dicamba and glyphosate tolerances for
use in
cropping systems for 'flanging weeds
Methods for producing transgenic seeds having glyphosate tolerance are known
in the
art and such seeds can be produced by persons of skill in the art by using a
polynucleotide
encoding glyphosate resistant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthasc
(EPSPS) as
described in U.S. Patent 5,627,061, U.S. Patent RE39,247, U.S. Patent
6,040,497 and in U.S,
Patent 5,094,945, W004074443 and W004009761.
Soybean breeding lines containing the Roundup Ready trait event 40-3-2
(Padgette at al., 1995) have been produced. Seeds from soybean plant
designated as
MON19788 have been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-6708.
Glyphosate tolerant plants can ,also be produced by incorporating polynucleo
tides
encoding glyphosate degrading enzymes such as glyphosate oxidoreductase (GOX,
U.S.
Patent 5,463,175, a glyphosate-N-acetyl transferase (GAT,
U.S. Patent Publ. 20030083480), and a glyphosate
decarboxylase (W005003362; US Patent Application 20040177399).
Dicamba tolerant soybean plants have been described in U.S. provisional
application
Ser. No. 60/811,276, filed June 6, 2006. A suitable line from each was crossed
and progeny
8ceds were screened with herbicide applications of glyphosate and dicamba to
obtain progeny
expressing both genes and exhibiting tolerance to both dicamba and glyphosate.
Alternatively, coding sequences conferring tolerance to one or both of the
herbicides can be
directly introduced into a given line.
Transgenic seeds having dicatnba and glyphosate tolerances were tested for
their
tolerance to dicamba, glyphosate, or both herbicides. Table 8 shows tolerance
of transgenic
soybeans carrying glyphosate and dicamba tolerance transgenes to glyphosate,
dicamba, and
glyphosate and dicamba at various stages of plant growth. Injury was not seen
on plants
when either or both herbicides were applied at pre-emergence stage. Post-
emergence
treatments of either or both herbicides at V3, RI, and R3-4 showed only little
injwy.
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Table 8 Tolerance of transgenic soybeans carrying glyphosate and dicamba
tolerance
transgenes to glyphosate, dicamba, and glyphosate and dicamba.
Plant Line Herbicide Applied Rate Pre- Post-emergence
emergence treatment
treatment
V3 R1 R3-4
gm 20 DAT 8 7 18
ae/ha DAT DAT DAT
% injury (Average of 4
replications)
Non-transgenic Control CLARITY 561 99.0 83.8 71.3 85.0
RWMax 841 0.0 81.3 66.3 67.5
CLARITY+RWMax 561+841 99.5 93.8 81.3 99.0
RR1+ DMO Linel CLARITY 561 0.0 7.0 6.3
4.5
RWMax 841 0.0 3.5 3.5 11.3
CLARITY+RWMax 561+841 0.0 3.0 4.0 10.0
RR1+ DMO Line 2 CLARITY 561 0.0 5.3 6.3
5.3
RWMax 841 0.0 4.5 4.5 11.7
CLARITY+RWMax 561+841 0.0 5.0 4.0 8.8
RR1+ DMO Line 3 CLARITY 561 0.0 9.0 8.8
7.5
RWMax 841 0.0 3.5 4.0 11.3
CLARITY+RWMax 561+841 0.0 4.5 3.5 10.0
RR1+ DMO Line 4 CLARITY 561 0.0 8.5 8.8
3.5
RWMax 841 0.0 3.5 3.5 11.3
CLARITY+RWMax 561+841 0.0 4.5 4.5 8.8
RR2+ DMO Linel CLARITY 561 0.0 8.5 6.3
5.3
RWMax 841 0.0 3.5 3.5 3.0
CLARITY+RWMax 561+841 0.0 5.0 4.5 5.0
RR2+ DMO Line 2 CLARITY 561 0.0 9.0 6.3 3.0
RWMax 841 0.0 3.5 6.3 3.0
CLARITY+RWMax 561+841 0.0 9.5 7.0 3.0
RR2+ DMO Line 3 CLARITY 561 0.0 9.5 7.5
3.5
RWMax 841 0.0 3.5 6.3 4.5
CLARITY+RWMax 561+841 0.0 8.5 3.5 3.3
RR2+ DMO Line 4 CLARITY 561 0.0 5.3 5.8
3.0
RWMax 841 0.0 16.5 17.0 4.0
CLARITY+RWMax 561+841 0.0 11.0 3.5 5.3
Example 4
Production of transgenic soybean having dicamba and glufosinate tolerances for
use in
cropping systems for managing weeds
Soybean transgenic event 469-13-19 carrying a transgene for dicamba tolerance
and
glufosinate tolerance was produced by transforming soybean according to Zhang
et at. (1999)
with a plant transformation vector carrying a gene encoding DMO, and a gene
for
phosphinothricin acetyltransferase. The transgenic plants were grown and
sprayed with
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either CLARITY (dicamba) and LIBERTY (glufosinate) herbicides alone or both as
a tank
mixture at an application rate of 561g/ha (0.5 lb/a) as a postemergence
treatment at V3 and
evaluated for tolerance. The results shown in the Table 9 indicate that
transgenic plants
carrying a transgene for both glufosinate and dicamba are tolerant to either
or both
herbicides.
Table 9. Transgenic soybean carrying a transgene for both glufosinate and
dicamba
shows tolerance to either or both herbicides.
Rate % injury (15 DAT)
Treatment gm ae/ha ( Mean of 6 replications)
UNTREATED CHECK
NE3001 0 0.0
LIBERTY 561 98.3
CLARITY 561 88.3
LIBERTY 561
CLARITY 561 98.3
UNTREATED CHECK
469-13-19 0 0.0
LIBERTY 561 19.2
CLARITY 561 2.7
LIBERTY 561 25.0
CLARITY 561
Example 5
Production of transgenic soybean having dicamba, glufosinate, and glyphosate
tolerances for use in cropping systems for managing weeds
A soybean transformation event comprising transgenes for dicamba tolerance and
glufosinate tolerance was produced by transforming soybean according to Zhang
et at. (1999)
with a plant transformation vector carrying a gene encoding DMO, and a gene
for
phosphinothricin acetyltransferase. A soybean plant comprising this event was
crossed with
a soybean plant comprising a transgenic event produced as above carrying a
gene specifying
tolerance to glyphosate. Plants comprising transgenic event (A19788) and
carrying genes for
tolerance to all three herbicides were tested for their tolerance to these
herbicides, applied
individually and in combination. A wild type soybeans control (A3525, Asgrow)
showed 80-
83% injury at 14 DAT with Clarity and RWMax (Roundup WeatherMAX), whereas
Liberty
and various tank mix combinations of three herbicides caused greater than 95%
injury. The
transgenic event showed less than 5% injury for Clarity, RWMax, or
Clarity+RWMax
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treatment. Injury was between 15% and 18% for Liberty, Liberty+Clarity,
or
Liberty+Clarity+RWMax treatment.
Example 6
Use of transgenic soybean haying dicamba and glyphosate tolerance in cropping
systems
In this example, use of dicamba and glyphosate tolerant soybean in managing
glyphosate tolerant or resistant weeds is demonstrated. Transgenic seeds are
planted using a
four row planter in 30" rows in a field infested naturally with weeds
disclosed below. The
plots are 25 feet long and replicated 3 times with the center two rows sprayed
and the outside
rows left as running checks (unsprayed, used to rate weed control). The plots
are rated for
pre- emergence weed control compared to the ROUNDUP only plot. The plots are
rated for
post-emergence weed control compared to the running check 21 days after each
post-
emergence application. Injury to the transgenic soybean is rated 7 days after
each post-
emergence treatment. Plots are subjected to the treatments specified in Table
10. Treatments
11 through 14 are varied depending upon the target weed species. POSTin
treatment 11 and
12 refers to application on 3" weeds and POST in treatment 13, 14 refers to
application on
6" weeds.
Herbicide rates are as follows unless otherwise noted in Table 10: Roundup
(Rup;
Roundup WeatherMAX): 1.12 lbs ae/A; Clarity: 16 oz/A; INTRRO: 2 qts/A;
Authority First:
3 oz/A; FirstRate: 0.3 oz/A; Scepter: 2.8 oz/A; Classic: 1.25 oz/A; Boundary:
2.1 pints/A;
Valor: 2 oz/A; Gangster: 1.8 oz/A; Synchrony XP: 0.375 oz/A; Pursuit: 4 oz/A;
Flexstar: 12
oz/A; Prowl H20: 2 pts/A; Cobra 12.5: oz/A; Raptor: 4 oz/A. AMS at 2% w/w
added to all
treatments containing Roundup. 3 WAT is 3 weeks after treatment.
Table 10. Herbicide application regimes.
PRE Early POST (usually on 6"weed) Late POST (V5 to R1)
1) Roundup Roundup on 6" weeds
Roundup (3 WAT)
2) Roundup Roundup + Clarity 3"
weeds Roundup + Clarity
3) Roundup Roundup + Clarity 6"
weeds Roundup + Clarity
4) Roundup Roundup +4 oz Clarity 3" weeds Roundup + Clarity
5) Roundup Roundup +4 oz Clarity 6" weeds Roundup + Clarity
6) Roundup + Clarity Roundup Roundup
7) Roundup + Clarity Roundup + Clarity Roundup
8) Roundup + Clarity Roundup + Clarity Roundup + Clarity
9) Roundup + Clarity Roundup Rup1.5 + Clarity1.5
10) Rup +Authority First Roundup Roundup
11) Treatment to determine if weeds are resistant to ALS inhibiting herbicides
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12) Current commercial standard
13) Treatment 1
14) Treatment 2
If the weed is a Palmer pigweed or waterhemp then treatments 11-14 are as
follows:
11) Roundup + Classic PRE fb Pursuit POST; 12) Roundup + Valor + 2,4-D PRE fb
Roundup + Cobra POST; 13) Roundup + INTRRO PRE fb Roundup + Clarity POST; 14)
Roundup + Prowl H20 PRE fb Roundup + Clarity POST.
If the weed is a common or giant ragweed then treatments 11-14 are as follows:
11)
Roundup + Scepter PRE fb FirstRate POST; 12) Roundup + FirstRate PRE fb
Roundup +
Flexstar POST; 13) Roundup + FirstRate PRE fb Roundup + Clarity POST; 14)
Roundup +
Boundary PRE fb Roundup + Clarity POST.
If the weed is lambsquarters or morningglory then treatments 11-14 are as
follows:
11) Roundup + Scepter PRE fb Synchrony XP POST; 2) Roundup + FirstRate PRE fb
Roundup + Raptor POST; 13) Roundup + Valor PRE fb Roundup + Clarity POST; 14)
Roundup + Gangster PRE fb Roundup + Clarity POST.
If the weed is marestail then treatments 11-14 are as follows: 11) Roundup +
Classic
PRE fb FirstRate POST; 12) Roundup + Valor + 2,4-D PRE fb Roundup + FirstRate
POST;
13) Roundup + Boundary + 2,4-D PRE fb Roundup + Clarity POST; 14) Roundup +
Gangster + 2,4-D PRE fb Roundup + Clarity POST.
It is expected that target weeds that are known to be resistant to glyphosate
will not be
controlled well by glyphosate alone. A mixture of glyphosate and dicamba is
expected to
provide good control of broadleaf weeds that are resistant to glyphosate.
Treatments that
include a pre-emergence herbicide at planting and a mixture of glyphosate and
dicamba post-
emergence is expected to provide good control of glyphosate resistant
broadleaf weeds.
Example 7
Use of dicamba for treatment of glyphosate-resistant and hard to control weed
populations
In this example, use of dicamba tolerance in managing weeds is demonstrated.
Herbicide treatments are applied to homogeneous well drained fields,
preferably no till fields,
having a uniform population of weeds such as glyphosate resistant broadleaf
weeds and other
tough-to-control broadleaf weeds such as pigweed sp., morningglory
sp.,sesbania, sicklepod,
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prickly sida using a randomized complete block design (RCBD) format with 3
replications in
several locations. The following treatments at the rate indicated are applied
prior to the
emergence of the weeds. Weed control rating by each species (i.e., % of
control) are taken at
7 and 21 days after application to determine weed control.
Treatment Rate (lb/Ac)
1 Clarity 0.25
2 Clarity 0.5
3 Clarity 0.75
4 Clarity 1.0
Acetochlor 1.5
6 Clarity + Acetochlor 0.25 +
1.5
7 Clarity + Acetochlor 0.5 +
1.5
8 pendimethalin 0.825
9 Clarity + 0.25+
pendimethalin 0.825
Clarity + 0.5+
pendimethalin 0.825
11 Reflex 0.25
12 Clarity + 0.25+
Reflex 0.25
13 Clarity + 0.5+
Reflex 0.25
14 Untreated
Treatments as shown below in Table 12 may be applied after weed emergence in
fields having populations of target weeds such as glyphosate resistant
broadleaf weeds and
other tough-to-control broadleaf weeds such as pigweed sp., morningglory sp.,
sesbania,
Table 12. Additional exemplary herbicide treatment regimes for hard to control
weeds.
Treatments Rate
(1b/A)
1 Clarity 0.125
2 Clarity 0.25
3 Clarity 0.5
4 Clarity + 0.25
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Roundup WeatherMax 0.56
Clarity + 0.25
Roundup WeatherMax 0.75
6 Clarity + 0.25
Roundup WeatherMax 1.12
7 Clarity + 0.5
Roundup WeatherMax 0.75
8 Clarity + 0.25
Ignite 0.31
9 Clarity + 0.25
Ignite 0.42
Clarity + 0.25
Ignite 0.53
11 Roundup WeatherMax + 0.75
Ignite 0.21
12 Roundup WeatherMax + 0.375
Ignite 0.42
13 Roundup WeatherMax + 0.75
Ignite 0.42
14 Roundup WeatherMax + 0.75
Ignite + 0.42
Clarity 0.25
Nontreated
* * * * * *
All of the compositions and/or methods disclosed and claimed herein can be
made
and executed without undue experimentation in light of the present disclosure.
While the
5 compositions and methods of this invention have been described in terms
of preferred
embodiments, it will be apparent to those of skill in the art that variations
may be applied to
the compositions and/or methods and in the steps or in the sequence of steps
of the method
described herein without departing from the concept, spirit and scope of the
invention. More
specifically, it will be apparent that certain agents that are both chemically
and
10 physiologically related may be substituted for the agents described
herein while the same or
similar results would be achieved. All such similar substitutes and
modifications apparent to
those skilled in the art are deemed to be within the spirit, scope and concept
of the invention
as defined by the appended claims.
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